MIAMI PRODUCTS & CHEMICAL CO. v. OLIN CORP.

1:19-CV-00385 EAW 1:19-CV-00386 EAW 1:19-CV-00392 EAW 1:19-CV-00393 EAW 1:19-CV-00403 EAW 1:19-CV-00480 EAW.

449 F.Supp.3d 136 (2020)

MIAMI PRODUCTS & CHEMICAL CO., On Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated, et al., Plaintiffs, v. OLIN CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. Amrex Chemical Co., Inc., On Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Olin Corporation, et al., Defendants. Midwest Renewable Energy, LLC, On Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Olin Corporation, et al., Defendants. Main Pool and Chemical Co., Inc., On Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Olin Corporation, et al., Defendants. Perry's Ice Cream Company, Inc., On Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Olin Corporation, et al., Defendants. Finch Paper, LLC, On Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. Olin Corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. New York.

Signed March 27, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Andrew Dirksen , Pro Hac Vice, Cera LLP, Boston, MA, Jason S. Hartley , Pro Hac Vice, Hartley LLP, San Diego, CA, Joseph Michael Vanek , Pro Hac Vice, Sperling & Slater, P.C., Chicago, IL, Marco Cercone , Rupp, Baase, Pfalzgraf & Cunningham, LLC, Buffalo, NY, Pamela A. Markert , Pro Hac Vice, Solomon B. Cera , Pro Hac Vice, Cera LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff Miami Products & Chemical Co.

Arthur N. Bailey , Rupp Baase Pfalzgraf Cunningham LLC, Jamestown, NY, Elana Katcher , Jeffrey P. Campisi , Matthew P. McCahill , Robert N. Kaplan , Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, New York, NY, Gary L. Specks , Pro Hac Vice, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer, Wheeling, IL, Jason S. Hartley , Pro Hac Vice, Hartley LLP, San Diego, CA, Joseph Michael Vanek , Pro Hac Vice, Sperling & Slater, P.C., Chicago, IL, Marco Cercone , R. Anthony Rupp, III , Rupp, Baase, Pfalzgraf & Cunningham, LLC, Buffalo, NY, Pamela A. Markert , Pro Hac Vice, Cera LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff Amrex Chemical Co., Inc.

Arthur N. Bailey , Rupp Baase Pfalzgraf Cunningham LLC, Jamestown, NY, Candice J. Enders , Eric L. Cramer , Ruthanne Gordon , Berger Montague PC, Philadelphia, PA, Jason S. Hartley , Pro Hac Vice, Hartley LLP, San Diego, CA, Joseph Michael Vanek , Pro Hac Vice, Sperling & Slater, P.C., Chicago, IL, Marco Cercone , R. Anthony Rupp, III , Rupp, Baase, Pfalzgraf & Cunningham, LLC, Buffalo, NY, Pamela A. Markert , Pro Hac Vice, Cera LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff Finch Paper, LLC.

Jason S. Hartley , Pro Hac Vice, Hartley LLP, San Diego, CA, Joseph Michael Vanek , Pro Hac Vice, Sperling & Slater, P.C., Chicago, IL, Marco Cercone , R. Anthony Rupp, III , Rupp, Baase, Pfalzgraf & Cunningham, LLC, Buffalo, NY, Pamela A. Markert , Pro Hac Vice, Cera LLP, San Francisco, CA, Amanda Klevorn , Burns Charest LLP, New Orleans, LA, Joseph E. Mariotti , Shawn P. Quinnan , Caputo & Mariotti, P.C., Moosic, PA, Linda P. Nussbaum , Pro Hac Vice, Nussbaum Law Group, P.C., New York, NY, Mallory Biblo , Warren T. Burns , Burns Charest LLP, Dallas, TX, Marc H. Edelson , Edelson & Associates, LLC, Newtown, PA, for Plaintiff Main Pool and Chemical Co., Inc.

Arthur N. Bailey , Rupp Baase Pfalzgraf Cunningham LLC, Jamestown, NY, Douglas A. Abrahams , Pro Hac Vice, Joseph C. Kohn , Pro Hac Vice, Robert J. LaRocca , William E. Hoese , Kohn Swift & Graf P.C., Joshua H. Grabar , Pro Hac Vice, Grabar Law Office, Philadelphia, PA, Jason S. Hartley , Pro Hac Vice, Hartley LLP, San Diego, CA, Joseph Michael Vanek , Pro Hac Vice, Sperling & Slater, P.C., Chicago, IL, Marco Cercone , R. Anthony Rupp, III , Rupp, Baase, Pfalzgraf & Cunningham, LLC, Buffalo, NY, Pamela A. Markert , Pro Hac Vice, Cera LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff Midwest Renewable Energy, LLC.

Arthur N. Bailey , Rupp Baase Pfalzgraf Cunningham LLC, Jamestown, NY, Jason S. Hartley , Pro Hac Vice, Hartley LLP, San Diego, CA, Joseph Michael Vanek , Pro Hac Vice, Sperling & Slater, P.C., Chicago, IL, Marco Cercone , R. Anthony Rupp, III , Rupp, Baase, Pfalzgraf & Cunningham, LLC, Buffalo, NY, Pamela A. Markert , Pro Hac Vice, Cera LLP, San Francisco, CA, Vincent J. Esades , Pro Hac Vice, Heins Mills & Olson, PLC, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiff Perry's Ice Cream Company, Inc.

Arthur N. Bailey , Rupp Baase Pfalzgraf Cunningham LLC, Jamestown, NY, Jason S. Hartley , Pro Hac Vice, Hartley LLP, San Diego, CA, Joseph Michael Vanek , Pro Hac Vice, Sperling & Slater, P.C., Chicago, IL, Marco Cercone , R. Anthony Rupp, III , Rupp, Baase, Pfalzgraf & Cunningham, LLC, Buffalo, NY, Pamela A. Markert , Pro Hac Vice, Cera LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff VanDeMark Chemical, Inc.

Stephen A. Sharkey , Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, Buffalo, NY, Caroline Lytton Jones , Pro Hac Vice, Jeffrey Stephen Oliver , Pro Hac Vice; Joseph Allen Ostoyich , Pro Rae Vice, Paul Christopher Cuomo , Pro Hac Vice, William Connor Lavery , Pro Hac Vice, Baker Botts LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant Olin Corporation, K.A. Steel Chemicals, Inc.

Brian P. Crosby , Melissa M. Morton , Timothy J. Graber , Gibson, McAskill & Crosby, LLP, Buffalo, NY, Steven E. Bizar , George G. Gordon , Pro Hac Vice, John P. McClam , Pro Hac Vice, Julia E. Chapman , Pro Hac Vice, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendants Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Occidental Chemical Corporation.

James T. Southwick , Abigail C. Noebels , Pro Hac Vice, Burton Solomon DeWitt , Pro Hac Vice, William R.H. Merrill , Pro Hac Vice, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Houston, TX, Terrance P. Flynn , Harris Beach LLP, Buffalo, NY, for Defendant Westlake Chemical Corporation.

Daniel S. Bitton , Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, San Fransisco, CA, John D. Briggs , Steven C. Lavender , Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.

Daniel S. Bitton , Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, San Fransisco, CA, John D. Briggs , Pro Hac Vice, Steven C. Lavender , Pro Hac Vice, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, Washington, DC, Randall David White , Connors LLP, Caitlin M. Higgins , U.S. Attorney's Office, Buffalo, NY, for Defendant Shintech Incorporated.

Alan M. Unger , John Joseph Lavelle , Peter J. Mardian , Tom A. Paskowitz , Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants Formosa Plastics Corporation, Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A.


DECISION AND ORDER

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs Miami Products & Chemical Co., Amrex Chemical Co., Inc., Finch Paper, LLC, Main Pool and Chemical Co., Inc., Midwest Renewable Energy, LLC, Perry's Ice Cream Company, Inc., and VanDeMark Chemical, Inc. (collectively...

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