IN RE VITAMINS ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Misc. No. 99-197 (TFH). MDL No. 1285.

120 F.Supp.2d 58 (2000)

In re VITAMINS ANTITRUST LITIGATION, This Document Relates To: Cargill, Inc., et al. v. F. Hoffman-LaRoche Ltd., et al. NBTY, et al. v. F. Hoffman-LaRoche, Ltd., et al. Perrigo Co., et al. v. F. Hoffman-LaRoche Ltd., et al. Natural Alternatives Internatl. Inc., et al. v. F. Hoffman-LaRoche Ltd., et al. Leiner Health Products, Inc. v. F. Hoffman-LaRoche Ltd., et al.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

October 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Catherine Yahner, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C., Jonathan David Schiller, Boies & Schiller, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Steven A. Martino, Stephen L. Klimjack, Jackson, Taylor, Martino & Hedge, Mobile, AL, Kenneth L. Adams, Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky, LLP, Washington, DC, John W. Sharbrough, III, Mobile, AL, M. Stephen Dampier, P. Dean Waite, Jr., Mary Elizabeth Snow, The Sharbrough Law Firm, PC, Mobile, AL, Roberta D. Liebenberg, Fine, Kaplan & Black, Philadelphia, PA, Bruce H. Simon, Cohen, Weiss & Simon, New York City, M. Eric Frankovitch, Frankovitch, Anetakis, Colantonio & Simon, Steven M. Recht, Recht Law Offices, Weirton, WV, Craig C. Corbitt, Zelle, Hoffmann, Voelbel & Gette, L.L.P., Steven O. Sidener, Gold Bennett & Cera LLP, San Francisco, CA, Richard Alan Arnold, Kenny, Nachwalter, Seymour, Arnold, Critchlow, Spector, PA, Miami, FL, Joseph Michael Vanek, Daar, Fisher, Kanaris & Vanek, P.C., Chicago, IL, Gerald G. Saltarelli, Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd, Chicago, IL, C. Brooks Wood, Morrison & Heckler, LLP, Kansas City, MO, Robert II Heuck, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley, Cincinnati, OH, Dallas D. Ball, Ballentine, SC, Jeannine M. Tsukahara, Zelle, Hoffmann, Voelbel & Gette, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, Carol Elder Bruce, Tighe, Patton, Armstrong & Teasdale, Washington, DC, Colin A. Underwood, Solomon, Zauderer, Ellenhorn, Frischer & Sharp, New York City, Phillip A. Cole, Lommen, Nelson, Cole & Stageberg, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, K. Craig Wildfang, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Poley F. Brook, Winthrop & Weinstein, PA, Minneapolis, MN, Kevin A. Bowman, Sebaly, Shillito & Dyer, Dayton, OH, Gordon Ball, Knoxville, TN, Elaine Metlin, Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky, LLP, Bradley Stuart Lui, Morrison & Foerster, LLP, Washington, DC, Bruce L. Montgomery, Arnold & Porter, George T. Manning, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, Tyrone C. Fahner, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Scott William Muller, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, Washington, DC, Lawrence Byrne, Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Sheinfeld, LLP, New York City, Karen Natalie Walker, Jeffrey Bossert Clark, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, Theodore V. Cacioppi, Craig M. Walker, Rogers & Wells, New York City, Jonathan Lee Greenblatt, Shearman & Sterling, James R. Weiss, Preston, Gates, Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds, Washington, DC, Kurt S. Odenwald, Jim J. Shoemake, Kevin K. Spradling, Guilfoil Petzall & Shoemake, LLP, St. Louis, MO, Paul H. Friedman, Terri L. Bowman, Dechert Price & Rhoads, Donald I. Baker, Baker & Miller, PLLC, Washington, DC, John M. Majoras, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, Aileen Meyer, Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, Washington, DC, Laurence Truman Sorkin, Cahill, Gordon, Reindel, New York City, S. Benjamin Bryant, Allen Guthrie & McHugh, Charleston, WV, Michael E. Nogay, Sellitti Nogay & McCune, Weirton, WV, Erin R. Brewster, MacCorkle Lavender & Casey, PLLC, Charleston, WV, Michael Louis Denger, Gibson, Dunn, Crutcher, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Mark Riera, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Peter Dean Isakoff, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, L.L.P., Washington, DC, William L. Monts, III, Wilson, Hajek & Shapiro, P.C., Virginia Beach, VA, Stephen Fishbein, Shearman & Sterling, New York City, John Worth Kern, IV, Janis, Schuelke & Wechsler, Washington, DC, Amy, L. Bess, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Washington, DC, George J. Terwilliger, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, LLP, Washington, DC, Kevin Richard Sullivan, King & Spalding, Washington, DC, Bret Alan Campbell, Joanne Celia Lewers, Clifford, Chance, Rogers & Wells, LLP, Jacqueline Ray Denning, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Mary-Helen Perry, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, William W. Kocher, Columbus, OH, Eric B. Fastiff, Leiff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Guido Saveri, Saveri & Saveri, PC, San Francisco, CA, Jeffrey Andrew Bartos, Querrieri, Edmond & Clayman, Washington, DC, Ann Catherine Yahner, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, Stephen John Pollak, Shea & Gardner, Washington, DC, Bruce L. Montgomery, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, George T. Manning, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, Tyrone C. Fahner, Andrew S. Marovitz, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, Thomas M. Mueller, Mayer Brown & Platt, New York City, Donald I. Baker, Baker & Miller, PLLC, Washington, DC, D. Stuart Meiklejohn, New York City, Stacey R. Friedman, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, Amy L. Bess, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Washington, DC, Lawrence Byrne, Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Sheinfeld, LLP, New York City, Cathy M. Armstrong, Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP, Wheeling, WV, Mark Riera, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Theodore V. Cacioppi, Craig M. Walker, Rogers & Wells, New York City, Bret Alan Campbell, Joanne Celia Lewers, Clifford, Chance, Rogers & Wells, LLP, Donald C. Klawiter, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Jonathan R. Tuttle, DeBevoise & Plimpton, Washington, DC, Charles E. Jarrett, Marcia E. Marstellar, Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, OH, Donald I. Baker, Baker & Miller, PLLC, Washington, DC, Elizabeth Wallace Fleming, Senniger, Powers, Leavitt & Roedel, St. Louis, MO, Donald C. Klawiter, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Holly A. House, McCutchen Doyle Brown & Eneneer, San Francisco, CA, Sutton Keany, Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, New York City, E. Perry Johnson, Bryan Cave, LLP, Jeffrey S. Russell, St. Louis, MO, Robert Kenly Webster, Steven R. Kuney, Williams & Connolly, Edward Bennett Williams, Thomas W. Mitchell, Garrett Berry Magens Duarte, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, P.L.L.C., Michael G. Lenett, The Cuneo Law Group, P.C., Washington, DC, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION Re: Bronnimann Motions

THOMAS F. HOGAN, District Judge.

Pending before the Court are defendant Roland Bronnimann's ("Bronnimann") Motion to Dismiss the Cargill complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction and the Cargill plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Roland Bronnimann's testimony.1 Upon careful consideration of the parties' briefs, the oral arguments...

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