IN RE CHOCOLATE CONFECTIONARY ANTITRUST LITIGATION

MDL Docket No. 1935. Civil Action No. 1:08-MDL-1935.

674 F.Supp.2d 580 (2009)

In re CHOCOLATE CONFECTIONARY ANTITRUST LITIGATION. This Document Applies to: All Cases.

United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania.

December 2, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Goldberg, Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg & Ives, P.A., Albuquerque, NM, Steven A. Kanner, Freed Kanner London & Millen LLC, Bannockburn, IL, Richard L. Coffman, The Coffman Law Firm, Beaumont, TX, Thomas A. Muzilla, The Muzilla Law Firm LLP, Cleveland, OH, David P. Germaine, Vanek Vickers & Masini PC, Amber M. Nesbitt, Edward A. Wallace, Kenneth A. Wexler, Wexler Wallace LLP, Adam J. Levitt, Mary J. Fait, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLC, Chicago, IL, Mark S. Goldman, Goldman Scarlato & Karon PC, Conchohocken, PA, Brian Wade McKay, Daniel H. Gold, Lawrence Andrew Gaydos, Haynes and Boone, Barry C. Barnett, Susman Godfrey LLP, Dallas, TX, Joseph R. Gunderson, Jason D. Walke, Gunderson Sharp & Walke LLP, Des Moines, IA, Mark S. Shane, Shane and White, LLC, Edison, NJ, James J. McCarthy, Jr., McCarthy Weisberg Cummings, P.C., Steven D. Shadowen, Eric L. Bloom, Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, Jane Gowen Penny, Killian & Gephart, LLP, Lee C. Swartz, Stephen M. Greecher, Jr., Tucker, Arensberg, P.C., James J. McCarthy, Jr., McCarthy Weisberg Cummings, P.C., Joseph U. Metz, Joshua D. Wolson, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Walter W. Cohen, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP, Harrisburg, PA, Benjamin F. Johns, Chimicles & Tikellis LLP, Haverford, PA, Stephen D. Susman, Susman & Godfrey, LLP, Houston, TX, Krishna B. Narine, Law Office of Krishna B. Narine, PC, Huntingdon Valley, PA, Arthur N. Bailey, Arthur N. Bailey & Associates, James-town, NY, Gordon Ball, Ball & Scott, Knoxville, TN, Dianne M. Nast, Roda & Nast, P.C., Lancaster, PA, Bernice Conn, Los Angeles, CA, Michael A. Geibelson, Roman M. Silberfeld, Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi LLP, Jayne A. Goldstein, Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller & Shah, LLP, Media, PA, Douglas H. Patton, James T. Almon, Richard Alan Arnold, Scott E. Perwin, William J. Blechman, Kenny Nachwalter, P.A., Miami, FL, Aaron M. McParlan, James S. Reece, Michael E. Jacobs, Richard M. Hagstrom, Zelle, Hofmann, Voelbel, Mason & Getter LLP, K. Craig Wildfang, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP, Jason S. Kilene, Gustafson Gluek PLLC, Minneapolis, MN, Clinton P. Walker, Fred A. Silva, Kathy L. Monday, Roger M. Shrimp, Damrell, Nelson, Schrimp, Pallios, Pacher & Silva, Modesto, CA, W. Joseph Bruckner, Lockridge, Grindal & Nauen, Michael M. Buchman, Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross LLP, Klari Neuwelt, Law Office of Klari Neuwelt, Bernard Persky, Gregory S. Asciolla, Morissa R. Falk, Gregory S. Asciolla, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Seth R. Gassman, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, PLLC, Linda Nussbaum, Robert N. Kaplan, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, Beverly L. Tse, Daniel Hume, David E. Kovel, Peter S. Linden, Kirby McInerney LLP, Paul F. Novak, Milberg LLP, Ronald J. Aranoff, Bernstein Liebhard & Lifshitz, LLP, New York, NY, Fred T. Isquith, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, Craig M. Essenmacher, Peggy J. Wedgworth, Christopher Lovell, Lovell Stewart Halebian, LLP, David S. Stellings, New York, NY, Gregory P. Hansel, Joshua R. Carver, Randall B. Weill, Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau, Pachios & Haley, LLC, Portland, ME, Roger P. Poorman, Steven Dane Irwin, David V. Weicht, Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl, Pittsburgh, PA, Adam S. Levy, Donald E. Haviland, Michael J. Lorusso, The Haviland Law Firm LLC, Christopher H. Casey, Dilworth Paxson, Jonathan Shub, Seeger Weiss LLP, Joseph T. Lukens, Hangley, Aronchick, Segal & Pudlin, Douglas A. Abrahams, William E. Hoese, Kohn Swift & Graf, P.C., Simon B. Paris, Saltz, Mongeluzzi, Barrett & Bendesky, P.C., Adam J. Pessin, Allen D. Black, Gerard A. Dever, Jeffrey S. Ist-van, Ria C. Momblanco, Roberta D. Liebenberg, Donald L. Perelman, Fine Kaplan and Black, R.P.C., Howard J. Sedran, Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, Anthony J. Bolognese, Joshua H. Grabar, Bolognese& Associates, LLC, Bryan L. Clobes, Cafferty Faucher LLP, Eugene A. Spector, Jay S. Cohen, William G. Caldes, Spector Roseman Kodroff & Willis, P.C., Ruthanne Gordon, H.L. Montague, Jr., Berger & Montague, PC, Mark R. Cuker, Williams Cuker Berezofsky, Jeffrey B. Gittleman, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, PA, Mark J. Tamblyn, Wexler Toriseva Wallace LLP, Sacramento, CA, Bonny E. Sweeney, Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP, San Diego, CA, Joseph M. Patane, Law Office of Joseph M. Patane, Lauren Clare Russell Trump Alioto Trump & Prescott, LLP Dean M. Harvey, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, Aaron M. Sheanin, Elizabeth C. Pritzker, Girard Gibbs LLP, Allan Steyer, Henry A. Cirillo, Jayne A. Peeters, Steyer Lowenthal Boodrookas Alvarez & Smith LLP, Bruce L. Simon, Pearson, Simon, Warshaw & Penny, LLP, Richard A. Saveri, Saveri & Saveri, Inc., Michael A. McShane, Audet & Partners, LLP, Adam C. Belsky, Terry Gross, Gross Belsky Alonso LLP, San Francisco, CA, R. Laurence Macon, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, et al., San Antonio, TX, Michael J. Flannery, Carey & Danis, LLC, St. Louis, MO, Rachel S. Black, Susman Godfrey, LLP, Seattle, WA, Kevin B. Love, Criden & Love, P.A., South Miami, FL, Tanya S. Chutkan, William A. Isaacson, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Richard L. Wyatt, Jr., Todd M. Stenerson, Torsten M. Kracht, Hunton & Williams, Kevin J. Miller, Kfir B. Levy, Steven F. Benz, Andrew M. Hetherington, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC, Hilary K. Ratway, Michael D. Hausfeld, Robert G. Eisler, Hilary K. Ratway, Hausfeld LLP, Elizabeth K. Tripodi, Richard M. Volin, Finkelstein Thomspon LLP, Daniel A. Small, Christopher J. Cormier, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, DC, Joseph B. Smith, Michael C. Maher, Steven R. Maher, The Maher Law Firm, Winter Park, FL, Kevin P. Roddy, Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer P.A., Woodbridge, NJ, Rees Griffiths, CGA Law Firm, York, PA, for Plaintiffs.

Kelvin D. Chen, Leah A. Ramos, Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY, Alan R. Boynton, Jr., James P. DeAngelo, Kimberly M. Colonna, Kimberly A. Selemba, McNees, Wallace & Nurick, Harrisburg, PA, Brian M. English, Tompkins, McGuire, Wachenfeld & Barry, LLP, Newark, NJ, Nicole L. Castle, Stefan M. Meisner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP Jonathan D. Brightbill Thomas D. Yannucci Craig S. Primis, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, Frederick E. Blakelock, Guy V. Amoresano, Jennifer Mara, Michael F. Quinn, Thomas S. Brown, Gibbons, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM

CHRISTOPHER C. CONNER, District Judge.

This multidistrict matter arises from defendants' alleged attempts to fix prices for chocolate confectionary products in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. Plaintiffs contend that defendants, who control approximately 75% of the U.S. chocolate candy market, conspired to inflate prices artificially and reaped windfall profits as a result of several coordinated price increases...

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