ANDERSON CONTRACTING v. DSM COPOLYMERS

No. 07-0722.

776 N.W.2d 846 (2009)

ANDERSON CONTRACTING, INC., Appellee, v. DSM COPOLYMERS, INC., Appellant, Bayer AG; Bayer Polymers, L.L.C. n/k/a Bayer MaterialScience, L.L.C.; Bayer Corporation; Crompton Corporation, Uniroyal Chemical Corporation, Inc., n/k/a Crompton Manufacturing Company, Inc., The Dow Chemical Company; E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Company; Dupont Dow Elastomers, L.L.C.; DSM Elastomers Europe B.V.; and Exxon Mobil Chemical Corporation, d/b/a Exxon Mobil, Inc., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 18, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward W. Remsburg of Ahlers & Cooney, P.C., Des Moines, Andrew S. Marovitz and Britt M. Miller of Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL, and Richard J. Favretto, Gary A. Winters, and Andrew A. Nicely of Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Joseph R. Gunderson and Jason D. Walke of Gunderson, Sharp & Walke, LLP, Des Moines, Rex A. Sharp of Gunderson, Sharp & Walke, LLP, Prairie Village, KS, and Isaac L. Diel of Sharp McQueen, PA, Overland Park, KS, for appellee.


HECHT, Justice.

A manufacturer appeals from the district court's order certifying a class in an action alleging price fixing of the market for ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM). We affirm.

I. Factual and Procedural Background.

Anderson Contracting, Inc. (Anderson), an Iowa corporation that performs roofing work, brought suit against various manufacturers, marketers, and distributors of EPDM1 (EPDM manufacturers...

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