IN RE LAWNMOWER ENGINE HORSEPOWER MKTG. & SALES

MDL. No. 08-1999.

733 F.Supp.2d 997 (2010)

In re LAWNMOWER ENGINE HORSEPOWER MARKETING & SALES PRACTICES LITIGATION. This Document Relates to All Cases.

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

August 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan E. Fortman , Law Office of Jonathan E. Fortman LLC, Richard J. Burke , Richard J. Burke LLC, St. Louis, MO, Brian M. Sund , Morrison Fenske & Sund PA, Minnetonka, MN, Greg L. Davis , K. Scott Wagner , Law Office of Greg Davis, Montgomery, AL, Vincent J. Esades , Heins Mills & Olson PLC, Minneapolis, MN, Edward K. Wood , Wood Law Firm LLC, Joe R. Whatley, Jr ., Whatley Drake & Kallas LLC, James R. Grisham , Gulas & Stuckey PC, Birmingham, AL, Daniel E. Becnel, Jr ., Becnel Law Firm LLC, Reserve, LA, Frank E. Piscitelli, Jr ., Frank Piscitelli Co. LPA, Cleveland, OH, John Dale Sloan, Jr ., Garrett W. Wilson , Sloan Bagley Hatcher & Perry, Longview, TX, Andres F. Alonso , Great Neck, NY, Marc Allan Busman , Busman & Busman PC, Fairfax Station, VA, Cheryl Marie Gill , Johns Flaherty & Collins SC, La Crosse, WI, Anthony D. Shapiro , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, WA, Murray Ogborn , Ogborn Summerlin & Ogborn LLC, Denver, CO, Edgar Dean Gankendorff , Provosty & Gankendorff LLC, New Orleans, LA, Garrett J. Bradley , Thornton & Naumes LLP, Boston, MA, Dean M. Googasian , Googasian Law Firm, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Eric B. Fastiff , Joseph R. Saveri , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, San Francisco, CA, Brian D. Long , Rigrodsky & Long PA, Wilmington, DE, James Howard Young , Young & Young, Indianapolis, IN, David C. Indiano-Vicic , Indiano & Williams PC, San Juan, PR, for Plaintiffs.

Debbie L. Berman , Jenner & Block LLP, Scott M. Mendel , Michael E. Martinez , Michelle S. Taylon , K & L Gates LLP, Thomas O. Kuhns , John R. Worth , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, David B. Johnson , Charlene M. Yaneza , Michael C. Andolina , Sidley Austin LLP, Nika Gembicki , Paula D. Friedman , Roger L. Longtin , DLA Piper U.S. LLP, Stephen L. Agin , Eric N. Macey , Alexander L. Berg , Julie A. Johnston-Ahlen , Novack & Macey LLP, Chicago, IL, Douglas M. Poland , Howard A. Pollack , Godfrey & Kahn SC, Gerardo H. Gonzalez , Richard H. Porter , Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP, Milwaukee, WI, Suzanne K. Richards , Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease LLP, Columbus, OH, Mark S. Baldwin , Brown Rudnick LLP, Hartford, CT, Joel A. Blanchet , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, James H. Neale , Robert D. Owen , Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, New York, NY, Carl J. Pesce , John E. Galvin , Thompson Coburn LLP, St. Louis, MO, William H. Manning , Joel A. Mintzer , Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendants.


DECISION AND ORDER

LYNN ADELMAN, District Judge.

The present litigation consists of multiple class actions that the Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferred to this district and consolidated for pretrial purposes. The predominant issue in all actions is whether manufacturers of lawnmowers and/or lawnmower engines conspired to materially overstate and/or fraudulently advertise the horsepower produced by their lawnmower products. The parties have reached...

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