MIAMI PRODUCTS & CHEMICAL CO. v. OLIN CORP.

1:19-CV-00385 EAW 1:19-CV-00975 EAW 1:19-CV-00990 EAW.

546 F.Supp.3d 223 (2021)

MIAMI PRODUCTS & CHEMICAL CO., On Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated, et al., Plaintiffs, v. OLIN CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. The Tripp Plating Works, Inc., On Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Olin Corporation, et al., Defendants. Precious Plate, Inc., On Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Olin Corporation, et al., Defendants.

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

Signed June 24, 2021.


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 Nash 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 & Coppola LLC, Buffalo, NY, Pamela A. Markert , Pro Hac Vice, Cera LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff Amrex Chemical Co., Inc.

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 & Coppola 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 Nash 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 , Pro Hac Vice, 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 & Coppola LLC, Buffalo, NY, Pamela A. Markert , Pro Hac Vice, Cera LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff Midwest Renewable Energy, LLC.

Arthur Nash 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 & Coppola 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.

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, Cera LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff Vandemark Chemical, Inc.

Ryan L. Gellman , Colucci & Gallaher, P.C., Buffalo, NY, Chad B. Holtzman , Pro Hac Vice, Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., Wilmington, DE, Ellen Meriwether , Pro Hac Vice, Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP, Media, PA, Jennifer W. Sprengel , Pro Hac Vice, Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP, Chicago, IL, Kaitlin Naughton , Pro Hac Vice, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff The Tripp Plating Works, Inc.

Kaitlin Naughton , Pro Hac Vice, Washington, DC, Ryan L. Gellman , Colucci & Gallaher, P.C., Buffalo, NY, Ellen Meriwether , Pro Hac Vice, Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP, Media, PA, Jennifer W. Sprengel , Pro Hac Vice, Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff Precious Plate, 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 Hac Vice, Paul Christopher Cuomo , Pro Hac Vice, William Connor Lavery , Pro Hac Vice, Baker Botts LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants 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 , Forrest E. Lovett , Pro Hac Vice, George G. Gordon , Pro Hac Vice, John P. McClam , Pro Hac Vice, Julia E. Chapman , Pro Hac Vice, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Lauren A. Bowman , Pro Hac Vice, Dechert LLP, London, UK, Peter Stone Larson , Pro Hac Vice, Dechert LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant Occidental Chemical Corporation.

James T. Southwick , Abigail C. Noebels , Pro Hac Vice, Burton Solomon DeWitt , Pro Hac Vice, Elizabeth B. Hadaway , 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.

Brooke J. Oppenheimer , Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, Hartford, CT, Daniel S. Bitton , Angela M. Farren , Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, San Fransisco, CA, Evan R. Johnson , John D. Briggs , Richard B. Dagen , Steven C. Lavender , James L. Moore , Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, Washington, DC, Randall David White , Andrew M. Debbins , Connors LLP, Buffalo, NY, for Defendant Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.

Andrew M. Debbins , Randall David White , Connors LLP, Buffalo, NY, Angela M. Farren , Pro Hac Vice, Daniel S. Bitton , Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, San Fransisco, CA, Brooke J. Oppenheimer , Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, Hartford, CT, Evan R. Johnson , John D. Briggs , Pro Hac Vice, Richard B. Dagen , Steven C. Lavender , Pro Hac Vice, James L. Moore , Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, Washington, DC, 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 The Tripp Plating Works, Inc. ("Tripp") and Precious Plate, Inc. ("Precious Plate") (collectively the "Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs") bring these putative class actions against defendants Olin Corporation, K...

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