BLOMKEST FERTILIZER, INC.; Cobden Grain & Feed, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Plaintiffs,
Hahnaman Albrecht, Inc.; John Peterson, doing business as Almelund Feed & Grain; Laing-Gro Fertilizers, Inc.; Plaintiffs-Appellants,
Clearbrook Ag Service, Inc., on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated; Reamford Liquid Fertilizer, Inc., on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated; Tolley's Inc., on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated; Plaintiffs,
James River Farm Service, Inc., on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated; Plaintiffs-Appellants,
Angela Coleman, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated; Plaintiffs, Ag Network, Inc.; Plaintiffs-Appellants,
Marcelline Farm Supply, Inc., on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated; Plaintiffs,
v.
POTASH CORPORATION OF SASKATCHEWAN, Inc.; Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Sales, Inc.; Potash Company of America, Inc.; IMC Fertilizer Group, Inc.; Kalium Chemicals, Ltd.; Kalium Canada, Ltd.; Noranda Minerals, Inc.; Central Canada Potash Co.; Noranda Sales Corporation, Ltd.; Cominco, Ltd.; Cominco American, Inc.; Eddy Potash, Inc.; New Mexico Potash Corporation; Defendants-Appellees,
Rio Algom, Ltd.; Defendants,
PPG Canada, Limited; PPG Industries, Inc.; IMC Global; Defendants-Appellees.
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Submitted September 13, 1999.
February 17, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Richard A. Epstein, Chicago, IL, argued (Mark Reinhardt, Harvey H. Eckart, Joel C. Meredith, and Bruce K. Cohen, on the brief), for appellants.
Richard J. Favretto, Washington, D.C., argued (Marc Gary, Charles Rothfeld, Kerry Lynn Edwards, Gary A. Winters, John D. French, Gordon G. Busdicker, Michael Evan Jaffe, Gerald Zingone, Jerome B. Pederson, Gerald A. Connell, Ronald M. Wick, Leon R. Goodrich, Douglas E. Rosenthal, Amy L. Bess, Victor S. Friedman, and Eric Queen, on the brief) for appellees.
David C. Gustman, William C. Holmes, and Leon R. Goodrich, on the brief, for appellees Noranda Minerals, Inc., Noranda Sales Corp. Ltd., and Central Canada Potash Co.
Stephen A. Marshall, Martin P. Michael, and Carol A. Peterson, on the brief, for appellees New Mexico Potash Corp., and Eddy Potash, Inc.
Frank A. Taylor and Scott A. Smith, on the brief, for appellees PPG Industries, Inc. and PPG Canada, Ltd.
BEFORE: WOLLMAN, Chief Judge, HEANEY, McMILLIAN, RICHARD S. ARNOLD, JOHN R. GIBSON, BOWMAN, BEAM, LOKEN, HANSEN, MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
BEAM, Circuit J.
A certified class of potash consumers appeals the district court's1 grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants (collectively "the producers") in this action for conspiracy in restraint of trade under section 1 of the Sherman Act. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
This case involves the production and sale of potash, a mineral essential to plant growth and therefore...
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