IN RE MUSHROOM DIRECT PURCHASER ANTITRUST LIT.

Master File No. 06-0620. Nos. 06-0638, 06-0657, 06-0677, 06-0861, 06-0932, 06-1464, 06-1854.

514 F.Supp.2d 683 (2007)

In re MUSHROOM DIRECT PURCHASER ANTITRUST LITIGATION. This Document Relates to: All Actions.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

April 25, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam M. Moskowitz, Thomas A. Tucker Ronzetti, Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, Miami, FL, Andrew William Kelly, John Alden Meade, John Gregory Odom, Stuart E. Desroches, Odom & Des Roches LLP, Brent B. Barriere, David L. Patron, Susie Morgan, Phelps Dunbar LLP, New Orleans, LA, Barry L. Refsin, Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, Joshua H. Grabar, Bolognese & Associates, LLC, Kathryn. C. Harr, Trujillo Rodriguez & Richards LLC, Philadelphia, PA, Bruce E. Gerstein, Kevin Landau, Noah Silverman, Garwin Bronzaft Gerstein and Fisher L.L.P., New York, NY, David P. Smith, W. Ross Foote, Percy Smith & Foote LLP, Alexandria, LA, David P. Germaine, Joseph M. Vanek, Vanek Vickers & Masini PC, Chicago, IL, for Wm. Rosenstein & Sons Co., Robert Altman, Meijer, Inc., Meijer Distribution, Inc., All American Mushroom, Inc., Associated Grocers, Inc., Diversified Foods & Seasonings, Inc., M. Robert Enterprises, Inc., M.L. Robert, II, L.L.C., Market Fair, Inc., Publix Super Markets, Inc.

H. Laddie Montague, Jr., Berger & Montague PC, Philadelphia, PA.

Donald M. Barnes, Salvatore A. Romano, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, Washington, DC, Martin I. Twersky, Berger & Montague, P.C., William A. Destefano, Joseph R. Loverdi, Rudolph Garcia, Buchanan Ingersoll P.C., Abraham C. Reich, Fox Rothschild O'Brien & Frankel LLP, Barbara T. Sicalides, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Eastern Mushroom Marketing Cooperative, Inc., Kaolin Mushroom Farms, Inc., To-Jo Fresh Mushrooms, Inc., Cardile Mushrooms, Inc., Cardile Bros. Mushrooms Packaging, Monterey Mushrooms, Inc., Phillips Mushrooms Farms, LP., Franklin Farms, Inc., Modern Mushroom Farms, Inc., Sher-Rockee Mushroom Farm,"C & C Carriage Mushroom Co., John Pia, Brownstone Mushroom Farms, Inc., Country Fresh Mushroom Co., Creekside Mushrooms Ltd., Robert A. Feranto, Jr. t/a Bella Mushroom Farms, Forest Mushroom Inc., Gaspari Bros. Inc., Gino Gaspari & Sons, Inc., Giorgi Mushroom Company, Giorgio Foods, Inc., Harvest Fresh Farms, Inc., Leone Pizzini And Son, Inc., Louis M. Marson, Jr., Inc., LRP Mushrooms Inc., LRP-M Mushrooms LLC, Oakshire Mushroom Farm, Inc., Michael Pia, South Mill Mushroom Sales, Inc., United Mushroom Farms Cooperative, Inc.

D. Richard Funk, Jason S. Taylor, Conner & Winters LLP, Tulsa, OK, for JM Farms, Inc.

Francis P. Newell, Harkins Cunningham, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Kitchen Pride Mushrooms.

Donna M. Albani, Law Offices of Donna M. Albani, Glen Mills, PA, Thomas K. Schindler, Brown Mayhart Martin and Schindler LLP, West Chester, PA, for M.D. Basciani & Sons, Inc.

Amy R. Richter, Portland, OR, for Mushroom Alliance, Inc.


MEMORANDUM

THOMAS N. O'NEILL, JR., District Judge.

On June 26, 2006, plaintiff's, direct purchasers of mushrooms, filed a consolidated amended antitrust class action1 under federal law against defendants, Eastern Mushroom Marketing Cooperative, Inc. ("EMMC"), thirty-seven members, officers and affiliates of members, and unidentified members and/or co-conspirators during the class period (collectively, "member defendants"), alleging...

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