IN RE ELEC. CARBON PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION

MDL No. 1514.

333 F.Supp.2d 303 (2004)

In re ELECTRICAL CARBON PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

August 30, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa J. Rodriguez, Esquire, Trujillo Rodriguez & Richards, LLC, Haddonfield, NJ, and Allyn Z. Lite, Esquire, Lite Depalma Greenberg & Rivas, LLC, Newark, NJ, Co-Liaison Counsel for Class Plaintiffs.

Steven A. Asher, Esquire, Fox Rothschild, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, and Melissa H. Maxman, Esquire, Duane Morris, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, and Warren Rubin, Esquire, Law Offices of Bernard M. Gross, PC, Philadelphia, PA, and Howard J. Sedran, Esquire, Levin Fishbein Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA, Executive Committee for Class Plaintiffs.

Robert M. Osgood, Esquire, Jonathan C. Cross, Esquire, Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, New York, NY, Counsel for Defendants Morgan Crucible Company, PLC, Morganite Industries, Inc., Morganite, Inc., Morgan Advanced Materials & Technology, Inc., and National Electrical Carbon Products, Inc.

Matthew M. Neumeier, Esquire, Brian D. Hansen, Esquire, Jenner & Block, LLP, Chicago, IL, and Joseph A. Martin, Esquire, Archer & Greiner, PC, Haddonfield, NJ, Counsel for Defendants Schunk of North America, Schunk Graphite Technology, and Hoffman Carbon, Inc.

Jerome S. Fortinsky, Esquire, Shearman & Sterling, LLP, New York, NY, and Michael J. Vassalotti, Esquire, Brown & Connery, LLP, Westmont, NJ, Counsel for Defendant SGL Carbon, LLC.


OPINION

SIMANDLE, District Judge.

Presently before the Court are eight motions to dismiss filed by nine corporate defendants in this multi-district case which involves allegations that these corporate defendants, and others, "engaged in a worldwide conspiracy" between January 1990 and December 2001 "the purpose and effect of which was to fix, raise, maintain, or stabilize prices, and to allocate markets and customers for Electrical Carbon Products sold in...

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