IN RE 100% GRATED PARMESAN CHEESE MARKETING

16 C 5802 MDL 2705.

348 F.Supp.3d 797 (2018)

IN RE: 100% GRATED PARMESAN CHEESE MARKETING AND SALES PRACTICES LITIGATION. This Document Relates To All Cases.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

Signed November 1, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1331 Federal Question
Nature of Suit: 890 Other Statutory Actions
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosemary Quinn , Alfonso Fata & Alan Ducorsky, Plaintiffs, represented by Ben Barnow , Barnow and Associates, P.C. & Todd Seth Garber , Finkelstein Blankinship, Frei- Pearson & Garber, LLP.

Kristie Perkins & Chrissy Sellers, Plaintiffs, represented by Phillip Timothy Howard , Howard & Associates.

Kiara Cruz , Plaintiff, represented by Alexander Jan-Yura Korolinsky .

Melissa Leigh Randolph , Plaintiff, represented by Grey Tesh & William Charles Wright , William C. Wright Law Offices.

Michael Jones & Chauncy Ellison , Plaintiffs, represented by Gary F. Lynch , Carlson Lynch Sweet & Kilpela, LLP, John J. Driscoll , The Driscoll Firm & Philip Sholtz , Goldberg Segalla.

Alyson Davies & Debra Lee , Plaintiffs, represented by John J. Driscoll , The Driscoll Firm, Philip Sholtz , Goldberg Segalla & Richard W. Schulte , Wright & Schulte, LLC.

Kenneth Manfredi , Plaintiff, represented by Fletcher V. Trammell , Laminack, Pirtle & Martines, pro hac vice, John J. Driscoll , The Driscoll Firm & Philip Sholtz , Goldberg Segalla.

Michael Campana , Plaintiff, represented by Adam R. Gonnelli , The Sultzer Law Group PC.

Charlene Agles , Plaintiff, represented by Alexander M. Smith , Jenner and Block LLP, Ean M. Schreiber , Schreiber and Schreiber Inc, Edwin C. Schreiber , Schreiber and Schreiber Inc, Eric A. Schreiber , Schreiber and Schreiber Inc, Peggy J. Reali , The Markham Law Firm, Quentin Alexandre Roberts , Finkelstein Thompson LLP, Thomas J. O'Reardon, II , Blood Hurst & O'Reardon LLP, Timothy Gordon Blood , Blood Hurst & O'reardon, Llp, Walter L. Haines , United Employees Law Group PC, Gordon Morris Fauth, Jr. , Finkelstein Thompson LLP, Rosanne Mah , Levi & Korsinsky, LLP & Rosemary M. Rivas , Levi & Korsinsky, LLP.

Andrew Matecki , Plaintiff, represented by John J. Driscoll , The Driscoll Firm & Philip Sholtz , Goldberg Segalla.

Nancy Reeves & Michael Wills , Plaintiffs, represented by Ben Barnow , Barnow and Associates, P.C., Sean Clinton Woods , Audet & Partners, LLC, Michael Andrew Mcshane , Audet & Partners Llp & S. Clinton Woods , Audet & Partners, LLP.

Rhonda Lorenz & Michelle Walker , Plaintiffs, represented by Sean Clinton Woods , Audet & Partners, LLC, Michael Andrew Mcshane , Audet & Partners Llp & S. Clinton Woods , Audet & Partners, LLP.

Michael Greene & Jose Brown , Plaintiffs, represented by Brandon Stewart Morris , The Morris Firm, PLLC, pro hac vice, John J. Driscoll , The Driscoll Firm & Philip Sholtz , Goldberg Segalla.

Debra Jackson , Plaintiff, represented by Angela Beranek Brandt , Larson King, LLP, John J. Driscoll , The Driscoll Firm & Philip Sholtz , Goldberg Segalla.

Michael Hara & Andrea Hogan , Plaintiffs, represented by Brant D. Penney , Reinhardt Wendorf & Blanchfield, pro hac vice.

Larry Rollinger, Jr , Plaintiff, represented by Ben Barnow , Barnow and Associates, P.C. & Brant D. Penney , Reinhardt Wendorf & Blanchfield, pro hac vice.

Tara Franklin , Plaintiff, represented by Richard J. Lantinberg , The Wilner Firm, PA.

Sheldon Spector , Plaintiff, represented by Jayne Goldstein , Shepherd Finkelman Miller & Shah & Patrick Vincent Dahlstrom , Pomerantz LLP.

Janine Hechmer & Elizabeth Bidgood , Plaintiffs, represented by Lori G. Feldman , Levi & Korsinsky LLP, Theodore Beloyeannis Bell , Andrea Clisura , Levi & Korsinsky LLP, pro hac vice, Carl V. Malmstrom , Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLC & Janine L. Pollack , The Sultzer Law Group, PC, pro hac vice.

Adam Weiss , Rita Schmoll , Becky Sikes & Rodney Zachary , Plaintiffs, represented by Ben Barnow , Barnow and Associates, P.C.

Fiona Lynch , Plaintiff, represented by Eugene Y. Turin , Mcguire Law, P.C., Evan M. Meyers , McGuire Law, P.C., John J. Driscoll , The Driscoll Firm & Philip Sholtz , Goldberg Segalla.

Yvette Ramona Knight Nash , Plaintiff, represented by Ben Barnow , Barnow and Associates, P.C., Erich Paul Schork , Barnow and Assoc., PC, Jeffrey Daniel Blake , Barnow And Associates, P.C. & Rajesh Kanuru , Kanuru Law Group, P.C.

Ann Yankee , Plaintiff, represented by Ben Barnow , Barnow and Associates, P.C., Carol V. Gilden , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC & Andrea Clisura , Levi & Korsinsky LLP, pro hac vice.

Karen Ford , Plaintiff, represented by Ben Barnow , Barnow and Associates, P.C., Charles E. Schaffer , Levin Sedran & Berman & Michael Andrew Mcshane , Audet & Partners Llp.

John Lewis , Plaintiff, represented by Michael Andrew Mcshane , Audet & Partners Llp & S. Clinton Woods , Audet & Partners, LLP.

Samantha Lewin , Plaintiff, represented by Ben Barnow , Barnow and Associates, P.C. & Yeremey Olegovich Krivoshey , Bursor & Fisher, P.A., pro hac vice.

George Brahler , Plaintiff, represented by Cari C. Laufenberg , Keller Rohrback Llp, pro hac vice & Tana Lin , Keller Rohrback Law Offices LLP.

Marc Moschetta , Robert Demario , Camilla DeMario , Veronica Sutton , Sheila Garland , Nena Simon , Britney Cooper , Nevina Saitta , Joseph Landara , Renita Myers , Larry Tucker , Jeffrey Dowdy , Phyliss Lynn , Jenelle Craggette , Jason Martin , Russell Levy , Efrain Ruiz , Carl Nitz , Derrick Sims & Ronald Saitta , Plaintiffs, represented by Jason P. Sultzer , The Sultzer Law Group.

Catherine Higens & Ryan Schmidt , Plaintiffs, represented by David Max Oppenheim , Bock, Hatch, Lewis and Oppenheim, LLC, James Michael Smith , Bock Law Firm, LLC dba Bock, Hatch, Lewis & Oppenheim, LLC & Phillip A. Bock , Bock Law Firm, LLC dba Bock, Hatch, Lewis & Oppenheim, LLC.

Yvonne Averhart , Plaintiff, represented by James Patrick Batson , Langone, Batson & Lavery LLC & Mark T. Lavery , Langone, Batson & Lavery LLC.

Dan Lang , Plaintiff, represented by Ben Barnow , Barnow and Associates, P.C., Kristofer S. Riddle , Clifford Law Offices, P.c., Robert A. Clifford , Clifford Law Offices, P.C., Shannon Marie McNulty , Clifford Law Offices, Thomas A. Zimmerman, Jr. , Zimmerman Law Offices, P.C. & Nickolas J. Hagman , Zimmerman Law Offices, P.C.

Jeanette Costoso , Plaintiff, represented by Jason T. Brown , JTB Law Group LLC & Patrick S. Almonrode , JTB Law Group LLC, pro hac vice.

Ann Bell , Plaintiff, represented by Eduard Korsinsky , Levi & Korsinsky LLP & Ben Barnow , Barnow and Associates, P.C.

Eric Tamayo , Plaintiff, represented by Robert C. Schubert , Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP & Willem F. Jonckheer , Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe Llp, pro hac vice.

Erin Rudder & Carmen Pellitteri , Plaintiffs, represented by Richard J. Lantinberg , The Wilner Firm, PA & Ben Barnow , Barnow and Associates, P.C.

Michael Chmielewski , Plaintiff, represented by Phillip A. Bock , Bock Law Firm, LLC dba Bock, Hatch, Lewis & Oppenheim, LLC.

Albertson Companies, Inc, Albertsons, LLC & Supervalu, Inc., Defendants, represented by Gary Hansen , Fox Rothschild LLP, pro hac vice, Heidi A.O. Fisher , Fox Rothschild LLP, pro hac vice, Samuel John Tunheim , Fox Rothschild LLP, pro hac vice, Joseph Edward Collins , Fox Rothschild LLP & Robert J. Rohrberger , Fox Rothschild LLP, pro hac vice.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Defendant, represented by David Eric Sellinger , GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP, pro hac vice, Francis A. Citera , Greenberg Traurig, LLP & John F. Gibbons , Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

Kraft Heinz Company, Defendant, represented by Alexander M. Smith , Jenner and Block LLP, pro hac vice, Dean Nicholas Panos , Jenner & Block LLP & Kenneth Kiyul Lee , Jenner & Block LLP, pro hac vice.

Target Corporation, Defendant, represented by Cynthia Lynn Polasko , Bowie & Jensen LLC, pro hac vice, Joshua Glikin , Bowie & Jensen, LLC, Eileen Marie Letts , Zuber Lawler & Del Duca LLP, Martin Peter Greene , Zuber Lawler & Del Duca LLP & Matthew Anselm Sodaro Esworthy , Bowie & Jensen, LLC, pro hac vice.

ICCO-Cheese Company, Inc., Defendant, represented by Cynthia Lynn Polasko , Bowie & Jensen LLC, pro hac vice, Joshua Glikin , Bowie & Jensen, LLC & Matthew Anselm Sodaro Esworthy , Bowie & Jensen, LLC, pro hac vice.

Publix Super Markets, Inc., Defendant, represented by Heidi A.O. Fisher , Fox Rothschild LLP & Ted C. Craig , GrayRobinson, PA.

Competitive Enterprise Institute Center for Class Action Fairness, Amicus, represented by Anna St. John , Competitive Enterprise Institute Center for Class Action Fai, pro hac vice & M. Frank Bednarz , Center For Class Action Fairness.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Defendants in this multidistrict litigation are purveyors of grated parmesan cheese products with labels stating "100% Grated Parmesan Cheese" or some variation thereof. After the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation assigned these suits...

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