IN RE RAIL FREIGHT FUEL SURCHARGE ANTITRUST LIT.

MDL Docket No. 1869 Miscellaneous No. 07-0489 (PLF).

292 F.Supp.3d 14 (2017)

IN RE RAIL FREIGHT FUEL SURCHARGE ANTITRUST LITIGATION This Document Relates To: All Direct Purchaser Cases

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Filed November 13, 2017.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 15 U.S.C. § 1
Cause: 15 U.S.C. § 1 Antitrust Litigation
Nature of Suit: 410 Anti - Trust
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

In re RAIL FREIGHT FUEL SURCHARGE ANTITRUST LITIGATION - MDL NO. 1869, represented by Roger M. Adelman, LAW OFFICES OF ROGER M. ADELMAN.

In re RAIL FREIGHT FUEL SURCHARGE ANTITRUST LITIGATION - MDL NO. 1869, represented by Richard P. Rouco, WHATLEY DRAKE & KALLAS, LLC, pro hac vice.

DAKOTA GRANITE COMPANY, Plaintiff, represented by Arthur N. Bailey, Jr., HAUSFELD LLP, James Joseph Pizzirusso, HAUSFELD LLP, Michael David Hausfeld, HAUSFELD LLP, Richard M. Hagstrom, HELLMUTH & JOHNSON, PLLC, Scott W. Carlson, HEINS, MILLS & OLSON, P.L.C., Vincent J. Esades, HEINS, MILLS & OLSON, P.L.C., Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice, Benjamin D. Brown, COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC, Brent W. Landau, HAUSFELD LLP, Douglas A. Millen, FREED KANNER LONDON & MILLEN LLC, pro hac vice, Steig D. Olson, QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP & Steven A. Kanner, MUCH SHELIST FREED DENENBERG & AMENT, P.C..

MCINTYRE GROUP, LTD., Plaintiff, represented by Benjamin D. Brown, COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC, Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice, James Shedden, SCHAD DIAMOND & SHEDDEN P.C., Lawrence W. Schad, SCHAD DIAMOND & SHEDDEN P.C., Matthew S. Burns, SCHAD DIAMOND & SHEDDEN P.C. & Tony Kim, SCHAD DIAMOND & SHEDDEN P.C..

GVL PIPE & DEMOLITION, INC., Plaintiff, represented by Benjamin D. Brown, COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC, Simon B. Paris, SALTZ, MONGELUZZI, BARRETT & BENDESKY, P.C., pro hac vice, Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice, Daniel E. Gunstafson, GUSTAFSON GLUEK PLLC, pro hac vice, Donald L. Perelman, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice, Jason S. Kilene, GUSTAFSON GLUEK PLLC, pro hac vice, Patrick Howard, SALTZ, MONGELUZZI, BARRETT & BENDESKY, P.C., pro hac vice & Thomas A. Muzilla, THE MUZILLA LAW FIRM, LLC, pro hac vice.

FERRARO FOODS OF NORTH CAROLINA, LLC, Plaintiff, represented by Benjamin D. Brown, COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC, Lynn Lincoln Sarko, KELLER ROHRBACK, LLP, Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice, Mark A. Griffin, KELLER ROHRBACK LLP, Raymond J. Farrow, KELLER ROHRBACK LLP, pro hac vice & T. David Copley, KELLER ROHRBACK LLP, pro hac vice.

SUBLETTE COOPERATIVE, INC., Plaintiff, represented by Benjamin D. Brown, COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC, Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice & Krishna B. Narine, LAW OFFICE OF KRISHNA B. NARINE, P.C..

STRATES SHOWS, INC., Plaintiff, represented by Arthur N. Bailey, Jr., HAUSFELD LLP, Benjamin D. Brown, COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC, Brent W. Landau, HAUSFELD LLP, James Joseph Pizzirusso, HAUSFELD LLP, Joanne Zack, BONI & ZACK LLC, Joshua D. Snyder, BONI & ZACK LLC, Michael J. Boni, BONI & ZACK LLC, Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice, Douglas A. Millen, FREED KANNER LONDON & MILLEN LLC, pro hac vice & Steven A. Kanner, MUCH SHELIST FREED DENENBERG & AMENT, P.C..

WEST ALABAMA SAND & GRAVEL, INC., Plaintiff, represented by Joe R. Whatley, JR., WHATLEY DRAKE & KALLAS, LLC, Richard P. Rouco, WHATLEY DRAKE & KALLAS, LLC, pro hac vice, Roger M. Adelman, LAW OFFICES OF ROGER M. ADELMAN & Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice.

CEDAR FARMS CO., INC., Plaintiff, represented by Daniel Paul Dietrich, WILLIAMS SCHIFINO MANGIONE & STEADY, PA, Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice, Jeffrey B. Gittleman, BARRACK, RODOS & BACINE & William J. Schifino, Jr., WILLIAMS SCHIFINO MANGIONE & STEADY, P.A..

DAD'S PRODUCTS CO., INC., Plaintiff, represented by James Joseph Pizzirusso, HAUSFELD LLP, Michael David Hausfeld, HAUSFELD LLP, Steig D. Olson, QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP & Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice.

ZINIFEX TAYLOR CHEMICALS, INC., Plaintiff, represented by Mary Jane Fait, WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER FREEMAN & HERZ, LLC, Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice, Douglas A. Millen, FREED KANNER LONDON & MILLEN LLC, pro hac vice & Steven A. Kanner, MUCH SHELIST FREED DENENBERG & AMENT, P.C..

DUST PRO, INC., Plaintiff, represented by Marc L. Greenwald, QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART OLIVER & HEDGES, LLP, pro hac vice, Michael P. Lehmann, COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL, PLLC, Paul M. Donovan, LAROE WINN, MOERMAN & DONOVAN, Steig D. Olson, QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP, Stephen R. Neuwirth, QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP, pro hac vice, Alicia Cobb, QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP, Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice, Christopher L. Lebsock, HAUSFELD LLP, Daniel Brockett, QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART OLIVER & HEDGES, LLP, Douglas A. Millen, FREED KANNER LONDON & MILLEN LLC, pro hac vice, John Potter, QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP, Michael David Hausfeld, HAUSFELD LLP, Sami H. Rashid, QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP, Sathya S. Gosselin, HAUSFELD LLP, pro hac vice, Seth R. Gassman, Hausfeld LLP & Steven A. Kanner, MUCH SHELIST FREED DENENBERG & AMENT, P.C..

QUALITY REFRACTORIES INSTALLATION, INC., Plaintiff, represented by Eugene A. Spector, SPECTOR, ROSEMAN & KODROFF, PC, Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice, Jay S. Cohen, SPECTOR, ROSEMAN & KODROFF, P.C. & William G. Caldes, SPECTOR, ROSEMAN & KODROFF, P.C..

NIZHNEKAMSKNEFTEKHIM USA, INC., Plaintiff, represented by Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice.

DONNELLY COMMODITIES INCORPORATED, Plaintiff, represented by Barry J. Nace, PAULSON & NACE, PLLC, Steig D. Olson, QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP, Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice, Douglas A. Millen, FREED KANNER LONDON & MILLEN LLC, pro hac vice & Steven A. Kanner, MUCH SHELIST FREED DENENBERG & AMENT, P.C..

US MAGNESIUM LLC, Plaintiff, represented by Paul M. Donovan, LAROE WINN, MOERMAN & DONOVAN, Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice, Douglas A. Millen, FREED KANNER LONDON & MILLEN LLC, pro hac vice & Steven A. Kanner, MUCH SHELIST FREED DENENBERG & AMENT, P.C..

RB RUBBER PRODUCTS, INC., Plaintiff, represented by Michelle Adrien Parfitt, ASHCRAFT & GEREL, LLP, Richard P. Rouco, WHATLEY DRAKE & KALLAS, LLC, pro hac vice, Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice, Matthew H. Armstrong, Armstrong Law Firm LLC & Susan Carole Minkin, ASHCRAFT & GEREL.

M.C. DIXON LUMBER COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff, represented by Craig L. Briskin, MEHRI & SKALET, PLLC, Steven A. Skalet, MEHRI & SKALET, PLLC & Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice.

STERLING STEEL CO., LLC, Plaintiff, represented by David M. Peterson, PETERSON & ASSOCIATES, PC, Joseph A. Kronawitter, HORN, AYLWARD & BANDY, LLP, R. Keith Johnston, WALTERS BENDER STROHBEHN & VAUGHAN, PC & Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice.

CEDAR CREEK WHOLESALE, INC., Plaintiff, represented by Joseph M. Barton, GOLD BENNETT CERA & SIDENER LLP, Paul F. Bennett, GOLD BENNETT CERA & SIDENER LLP, pro hac vice, Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice, Douglas A. Millen, FREED KANNER LONDON & MILLEN LLC, pro hac vice, Gwendolyn R. Giblin, GOLD BENNETT CERA & SIDENER LLP, pro hac vice, Steven A. Kanner, MUCH SHELIST FREED DENENBERG & AMENT, P.C., Steven O. Sidener, GOLD BENNETT CERA & SIDENER LLP, pro hac vice & Thomas C. Bright, GOLD BENNETT CERA & SIDENER LLP, pro hac vice.

ALL PLAINTIFFS, Plaintiff, represented by Benjamin D. Brown, COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC, James Joseph Pizzirusso, HAUSFELD LLP, Michael David Hausfeld, HAUSFELD LLP, Paul M. Weiss, FREED & WEISS LLC, Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice, Daniel M. Cohen, CUNEO GILBERT & LADUCA, LLP, Matthew H. Armstrong, Armstrong Law Firm LLC & Steven A. Kanner, MUCH SHELIST FREED DENENBERG & AMENT, P.C..

FAYUS ENTERPRISES, Consol Plaintiff, represented by Christopher Lovell, LOVELL STEWART HALEBIAN JACOBSON LLP, pro hac vice, Imtiaz A. Siddiqui, LOVELL STEWART HALEBIAN LLP, Reginald Terrell, THE TERRELL LAW GROUP, pro hac vice & Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice.

AGWAY LIQUIDATING TRUST, Consol Plaintiff, represented by Christopher Lovell, LOVELL STEWART HALEBIAN JACOBSON LLP, pro hac vice, Imtiaz A. Siddiqui, LOVELL STEWART HALEBIAN LLP & Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice.

STATELINE BEAN PRODUCERS COOPERATIVE, Consol Plaintiff, represented by Adam C. Belsky, GROSS & BELSKY P.C., pro hac vice, Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice, James Joseph Pizzirusso, HAUSFELD LLP & Terry Gross, GROSS & BELSKY P.C., pro hac vice.

LANCASTER FOUNDRY SUPPLY COMPANY, INC., Consol Plaintiff, represented by Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice.

SOMERSET INDUSTRIES, INC., Consol Plaintiff, represented by Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice.

MAROON INCORPORATED, Consol Plaintiff, represented by Christopher Lovell, LOVELL STEWART HALEBIAN JACOBSON LLP, pro hac vice, Imtiaz A. Siddiqui, LOVELL STEWART HALEBIAN LLP & Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice.

COMPLETE TRANSPORATION SYSTEMS, INC., Consol Plaintiff, represented by Adel A. Nadji, AUDET & PARTNERS, LLP, William M. Audet, AUDET & PARTNERS, LLP & Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice.

BLUE GRASS TOBACCO COMPANY, Consol Plaintiff, represented by James E. Cecchi, CARELLA, BYRNE, BAIN, GILFILLAN, CECCHI, STEWART & OLSTEIN, Lindsey H. Taylor, CARELLA, BYRNE, BAIN, GILFILLAN, CECCHI, STEWART & OLSTEIN, Stephen A. Weiss, SEEGER WEISS LLP & Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice.

CARTER DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, Consol Plaintiff, represented by Theodore J. Leopold, COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC, Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice, Douglas A. Millen, FREED KANNER LONDON & MILLEN LLC, pro hac vice & Steven A. Kanner, MUCH SHELIST FREED DENENBERG & AMENT, P.C..

UNITED CO-OPERATIVE FARMERS, INC., Consol Plaintiff, represented by H. Laddie Montague, BERGER & MONTAGUE, P.C., Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice & Eric L. Cramer, BERGER & MONTAGUE, P.C..

BAR-ALE, INC., Consol Plaintiff, represented by Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice.

ISSAC INDUSTRIES, INC., Consol Plaintiff, represented by Robert N. Kaplan, KAPLAN FOX & KILSHEIMER LLP & Allen D. Black, FINE, KAPLAN & BLACK, pro hac vice.

BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant, represented by Andrew Santo Tulumello, GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER, LLP, David G. Meyer, JONES DAY, pro hac vice, Randy M. Mastro, GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER, L.L.P., pro hac vice, Richard Joseph Favretto, MAYER BROWN LLP, Robert C. Walters, GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER, LLP, Shari Ross Lahlou, CROWELL & MORING LLP, Veronica S. Lewis, GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER, LLP, David Daniel Cross, MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP, Linda Sue Stein, STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP, Michael E. Lackey, Jr., MAYER BROWN PLLC & Samuel M. Sipe, Jr., STEPTOE & JOHNSON, L.L.P..

CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., Defendant, represented by David Daniel Cross, MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP, David G. Meyer, JONES DAY, pro hac vice, Kent Alan Gardiner, CROWELL & MORING LLP, George D. Ruttinger, CROWELL & MORING LLP, Michael Wyld Lieberman, CROWELL & MORING LLP, Richard McMillan, Jr., CROWELL & MORING, L.L.P. & Shari Ross Lahlou, CROWELL & MORING LLP.

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant, represented by David G. Meyer, JONES DAY, pro hac vice, Jennifer B. Patterson, KAYE SCHOLER, LLP, John Murray Nannes, SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP, Claudia R. Higgins, KAYE SCHOLER, LLP, David Daniel Cross, MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP, Saul P. Morgenstern, KAYE SCHOLER LLP & Sean Michael Tepe, SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP.

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant, represented by Alan Mitchell Wiseman, COVINGTON & BURLING LLP, James Scott Ballenger, LATHAM & WATKINS LLP, Thomas Adam Isaacson, COVINGTON & BURLING LLP, Tyrone R. Childress, JONES DAY, pro hac vice, Alfred C. Pfeiffer, Jr., LATHAM & WATKINS LLP, pro hac vice, Daniel M. Wall, LATHAM & WATKINS LLP, pro hac vice, David Daniel Cross, MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP, Gregory P. Lindstrom, LATHAM & WATKINS LLP, pro hac vice & Timothy L. O'Mara, LATHAM & WATKINS LLP, pro hac vice.

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD, Interested Party, represented by Virginia Strasser, SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD.

OXBOW CARBON & MINERALS LLC, Interested Party, represented by John Richard Gerstein, CLYDE & CO US LLP.

OXBOW MINING, LLC, Interested Party, represented by John Richard Gerstein, CLYDE & CO US LLP & Roman M. Silberfeld, ROBINS KAPLAN LLP, pro hac vice.

OXBOW CALCINING INTERNATIONAL LLC, Interested Party, represented by John Richard Gerstein, CLYDE & CO US LLP & Roman M. Silberfeld, ROBINS KAPLAN LLP, pro hac vice.

OXBOW MIDWEST CALCINING LLC, Interested Party, represented by John Richard Gerstein, CLYDE & CO US LLP.

OXBOW CALCINING LLC, Interested Party, represented by John Richard Gerstein, CLYDE & CO US LLP & Roman M. Silberfeld, ROBINS KAPLAN LLP, pro hac vice.

TERROR CREEK LLC, Interested Party, represented by John Richard Gerstein, CLYDE & CO US LLP & Roman M. Silberfeld, ROBINS KAPLAN LLP, pro hac vice.

JONATHAN LEE RICHES, Movant, Pro Se.

DINESH PALIWAL, Movant, Pro Se.

HUNTER PARRISH, Movant, Pro Se.

PETER H. DIAMANDIS, Movant, Pro Se.

SOUTHERN COMPANY, Intervenor, represented by Gabriela Richeimer, CLYDE & CO US LLP, John Richard Gerstein, CLYDE & CO US LLP, Barry J. Brett, TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP, pro hac vice & Daniel N. Anziska, TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP, pro hac vice.

DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, Intervenor, represented by Nathan P. Eimer, EIMER STAHL LLP & Scott C. Solberg, EIMER STAHL LLP.

RAYONIER INC., Intervenor, represented by William J. Blechman, KENNY NACHWALTER, P.A. & Richard Alan Arnold, KENNY NACHWALTER, P.A..


OPINION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ... 31

I. INTRODUCTION ... 31

II. BACKGROUND ... 33

A. The Alleged Conspiracy ... 35

B. Appeal to the D. C. Circuit ... 38

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