FUNERAL CONSUMERS ALLIANCE, INC. v. SERVICE CORP.

No. 10-20719.

695 F.3d 330 (2012)

FUNERAL CONSUMERS ALLIANCE, INC.; Gloria Jaccarino Bender; Anthony J. Jaccarino; John Clark; Maria Magsarili; Tony Magsarili; Frances H. Rocha; Marsha Berger; Sandra Gonzalez; Deborah Winch; Anna Kain; Gay Holtz, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL; Alderwoods Group, Inc.; Hillenbrand Industries, Inc.; Batesville Casket Co., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 13, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon Schnell (argued), Mathew L. Cantor (argued), Kerin E. Coughlin , Jean Kim , Constantine Cannon, L.L.P., New York City, Aundrea Kristine Gulley , Gibbs & Bruns, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

J. Clifford Gunter, III (argued), Gregg Lee Goldstein , Jeffrey L. Oldham , Bracewell & Giuliani, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Richard Bruce Drubel (argued), Boies, Schiller & Flexner, L.L.P., Hanover, NH, John F. Cove, Jr. , Kieran P. Ringgenberg , Boies, Schiller & Flexner, L.L.P., Oakland, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before DENNIS, CLEMENT and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-Appellants, the Funeral Consumers Alliance, Inc. ("FCA") and eleven consumers ("Consumer Appellants"), brought a class action suit under § 4 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 15, against the largest United States casket manufacturer, Batesville Casket Company, and its owner Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. (collectively, "Batesville"); and against the three largest United States funeral...

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