PFAU v. MORTENSON

No. CV-11-72-M-SEH.

858 F.Supp.2d 1150 (2012)

George and Susie PFAU, Dan Donovan, and Deborah Netter, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Greg MORTENSON, David Oliver Relin, Central Asia Institute (CAI), a foreign corporation, Penguin Group (USA), Inc., a Delaware Corporation, and MC Consulting, Inc., a Montana Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Montana, Missoula Division.

April 30, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Blewett, III , Anders Blewett, IV , Hoyt & Blewett, Great Falls, MT, Larry D. Drury , Larry D. Drury, Ltd., Robert A. Langendorf , Robert A. Langendorf, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

John M. Kauffman , Kasting Kauffman & Mersen, Bozeman, MT, Kevin C. MacLay , Todd E. Phillips , Caplin & Drysdale, Washington, DC, Carey E. Matovich , Matovich Keller & Murphy, Billings, MT, Robert L. Eisenbach, III , Stephen C. Neal , Cooley LLP, San Francisco, CA, Frederick M. Ralph , Attorney At Law, Minneapolis, MN, Jonathan M. Herman , Dorsey & Whitney, New York, NY, Charles E. Hansberry , Elena J. Zlatnik , Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, PLLP, Missoula, MT, Sonia A. Montalbano , Elliott Ostrander & Preston, Portland, OR, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SAM E. HADDON, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs in this case allege themselves to be consumers who purchased either Three Cups of Tea, a book coauthored by Defendants Greg Mortenson ("Mortenson") and David Oliver Relin ("Relin"), or Stones Into Schools, a book authored by Mortenson (collectively, "the Books"). Penguin Group, Inc. ("Penguin") published the Books. Plaintiffs claim they were harmed...

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