IN RE MUSHROOM DIRECT PURCHASER ANTITRUST LITIG.

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

621 F.Supp.2d 274 (2008)

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

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

March 26, 2009.


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, New Orleans, LA, Barry L. Refsin, Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, Phila, PA, Bruce E. Gerstein, Kevin Landau, Noah Silverman, Garwin Gerstein and Fisher L.L.P., New York, NY, David P. Smith, W. Ross Foote, Percy Smith & Foote LLP, Alexandria, LA, David M. Buckner, Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A., Coral Gables, FL, for Wm. Rosenstein & Sons Co., Robert Altaian.

Barry L. Refsin, Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, H. Laddie Montague, Jr., Berger & Montague PC, Phila, PA, Joshua H. Grabar, Bolognese & Associates, LLC, Philadelphia, PA, Linda P. Nussbaum, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP New York, NY, David M. Buckner, Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A., Coral Gables, FL, for Meyer, Inc., Meyer Distribution, Inc.

Barry L. Refsin, Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, Phila, PA, David M. Buckner, Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A., Coral Gables, FL, for All American Mushroom, Inc., Associated Grocers, Inc., M. Robert Enterprises, Inc., Market Fair, Inc.

Barry L. Refsin, Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, Phila, PA, David M. Buckner, Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A., Coral Gables, FL, William A. Destefano, Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney PC, Philadelphia, PA, for Diversified Foods & Seasonings, Inc.

Barry L. Refsin, Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, Phila, PA, David M. Buckner, Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A., Coral Gables, FL, Brent B. Barriere, David L. Patron, Susie Morgan, Phelps Dunbar LLP, New Orleans, LA, for M.L. Robert, II, L.L.C.

Barry L. Refsin, Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, Phila, PA, David M. Buckner, Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A., Coral Gables, FL, David P. Germaine, Joseph M. Vanek, Vanek Vickers & Masini PC, Chicago, IL, for Publix Super Markets, Inc.

Barry L. Refsin, Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, Phila, PA, Manuel Juan Dominguez, Berman Devalerio, West Palm Beach, FL, for Theodore J. Katsiroubas d/b/a Katsiroubas Brothers Wholesale Fruit and Produce, Native Maine Produce and Specialty Foods, LLC.

Donald M. Barnes, Salvatore A. Romano, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, Washington, DC, Martin I. Twersky, Berger & Montague, P.C., Terri A. Pawelski, Rudolph Garcia, William A. Destefano, Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney PC, Abraham C. Reich, Fox Rothschild O'Brien & Frankel LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Joseph R. Loverdi, Law Office of Peter G. Angelos, Baltimore, MD, H. Laddie Montague, Jr., Berger & Montague PC, Phila, 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., Modern Mushroom Farms, Inc., Sher-Rockee Mushroom Farm, C & C Carriage Mushroom Co., John Pia, Brownstone Mushroom Farms, Inc., Country Fresh Mushroom Co., Robert A. Feranto, Jr. t/a Bella Mushroom Farms, Forest Mushroom Inc., Gaspari Bros. Inc., Gino Gaspari & Sons, 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.

Terri A. Pawelski, Rudolph Garcia, Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney PC, Christopher H. Casey, Mark Andrew Wachlin, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Joseph R. Loverdi, Law Office of Peter G. Angelos, Baltimore, MD, for Franklin Farms, Inc.

Martin I. Twersky, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for John Does 1-100.

William A. Destefano, Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney PC, Barbara T. Sicalides, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Creekside Mushrooms Ltd.

Joshua Sarner, Sarner & Associates, Martin I. Twersky, Berger & Montague, P.C., William A. Destefano, Rudolph Garcia, Terri A. Pawelski, Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney PC, Philadelphia, PA, H. Laddie Montague, Jr., Berger & Montague PC, Phila, PA, Avra C. Vanderzee, Jacqueline P. Rubin, Moses Silverman, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton Garrison LLP, New York, NY, for Giorgi Mushroom Company, Giorgio Foods, Inc.

D. Richard Funk, Jason S. Taylor, Conner & Winters LLP, Tulsa, OK, William A. Destefano, Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney PC, Philadelphia, PA, for JM Farms, Inc.

Francis P. Newell, David W. Engstrom, Neill C. Kling Harkins Cunningham, LLP, Martin I. Twersky, Berger & Montague, P.C., William A. Destefano, Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney PC, Philadelphia, PA, for Kitchen Pride Mushrooms.

Donna M. Albani, Law Offices of Donna M. Albani, Glen Mills, PA, Martin I. Twersky, Berger & Montague, P.C., William A. Destefano, Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney PC, Philadelphia, PA, Thomas K. Schindler, Reger Rizzo Kavulich & Darnall, LLP, West Chester, PA, for M.D. Basciani & Sons, Inc.

Martin I. Twersky, Berger & Montague, P.C., William A. Destefano, Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney PC, Jeffrey A. Krawitz, Joel I. Fishbein, Spector Gadon & Rosen, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Mario Cutone Mushroom Co., Inc.

William A. Destefano, Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney PC, Philadelphia, PA, for Masha & Toto, Inc. t/a M & T Mushrooms, W & P Mushroom Inc.

Amy R. Richter, Portland, OR, Matthew J. Borger, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg & Ellers L.L.P., Martin I. Twersky, Berger & Montague, P.C., William A. Destefano, Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney PC, Philadelphia, PA, for Mushroom Alliance, Inc.

James A. Backstrom, James A. Backstrom, Counsellor at Law, Philadelphia, PA, for National Council of Farmer Cooperatives.


MEMORANDUM

O'NEILL, District Judge.

This is an antitrust case involving the applicability of the Capper-Volstead exemption for agricultural cooperatives. Discovery was phased with Phase One concerning the Capper-Volstead issue. Presently before me are the motions for summary judgment filed by defendant Mushroom Alliance, Inc., defendant Kitchen Pride Mushrooms, defendant M.D. Basciani & Sons, Inc., defendant Eastern Mushroom Marketing Cooperative, Inc...

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