OCÉ PRINTING SYSTEMS USA, INC. v. MAILERS DATA SERV. INC.

No. 2D99-3531.

760 So.2d 1037 (2000)

OCÉ PRINTING SYSTEMS USA, INC., a Delaware corporation; Océ Printing Systems G.m.b.H., a German corporation; Siemens Nixdorf Printing Systems, L.P., a Limited Partnership; Siemens Credit Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation; and Siemens-Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG, a German Corporation, Appellants, v. MAILERS DATA SERVICES, INC., a Florida corporation; The Bradshaw Group, a Texas corporation; ABOG, Inc., a California corporation, d/b/a Landmark Computer Group; Zar Corporation, a Minnesota corporation; Creative Automation Company, an Illinois corporation; and NCR Corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 16, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin E. Barkin, Edward C. LaRose, and Marie Tomassi of Trenam, Kemker, Scharf, Barkin, Frye, O'Neill & Mullis, Tampa; and Daniel I. Booker, Debra H. Dermody, and Michael E. Lowenstein of Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, LLP, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for Appellants Océ Printing Systems USA, Inc., and Océ Printing Systems G.m.b.H.

Stephen C. Chumbris of Holland & Knight, LLP, St. Petersburg; and Kenneth A. Gallo, Jon R. Roellke, and Julia Symon de Kluiver of Rogers & Wells, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants Siemens Nixdorf Printing Systems, L.P., Siemens Credit Corporation, Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems, Inc., and Siemens-Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG.

Aubrey O. Dicus and Stephen J. Wein of Battaglia, Ross, Dicus & Wein, P.A., St. Petersburg; Gregory S. Dovel of Dovel & Luner, LLP, Los Angeles, California; and Rodrigo De Llano of Lawson, Weiss & Danzinger, Houston, Texas, for Appellees Mailers Data Services, Inc.; The Bradshaw Group; ABOG, Inc.; Zar Corporation; and Creative Automation Company.

Chris S. Coutroulis and D. Matthew Allen of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Tampa; Sylvia H. Walbolt of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., St. Petersburg; and Mark E. Ferguson and Jason L. Peltz of Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellee NCR Corporation.


PARKER, Judge.

In this appeal, the appellants challenge the trial court's order certifying three separate nationwide classes in this complex antitrust case brought under the Florida Antitrust Act of 1980, sections 542.15-.36, Florida Statutes (1997) (the Antitrust Act), and the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, sections 501.201-.213, Florida Statutes (1997) (the Unfair Trade Act). We reverse.

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