GITTO/GLOBAL CORPORATION v. ROHM & HAAS COMPANY et al

Filing 523

ORDER THAT PLFF'S REVISE MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION IS DENIED FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE COURT'S MEMORANDUM OPINION ISSUED SAME DAY. ( SIGNED BY HONORABLE LEGROME D. DAVIS ON 8/31/10. ( 8/31/10 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED, E-MAILED.(gn, )

GITTO/GLOBAL CORPORATION v. ROHM & HAAS COMPANY et al

Doc. 523

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ____________________________________ : IN RE PLASTICS ADDITIVES : ANTITRUST LITIGATION : ____________________________________: : THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO: : Gitto/Global Corp. v. Rohm & Haas Co., : et al., No. 03-CV-2038 : (Direct Purchaser Class Action) : ____________________________________: ORDER AND NOW, this 31st day of August 2010, upon consideration of Plaintiffs' Revised Motion for Class Certification (Doc. Nos. 458 & 459), Defendants' Supplemental Response in Opposition to the Motion for Class Certification (Doc. No. 473), Plaintiffs' Reply in Further Support of their Revised Motion for Class Certification (Doc. No. 474), Defendants' Second Supplemental Brief in Opposition to the Motion for Class Certification (Doc. No. 494), Plaintiffs' Supplemental Memorandum in Support of their Revised Motion for Class Certification (Doc. No. 498), Plaintiffs' Post-Hearing Submission (Doc. No. 508), Defendants' Outline of Evidence Presented at the June 28-30, 2010 Class Certification Hearing (Doc. No. 509), Plaintiffs' Post-Hearing Memorandum in Further Support of their Revised Motion for Class Certification (Doc. Nos. 510 & 514), Defendants' Post-Hearing Memorandum in Further Opposition to the Motion for Class Certification (Doc. No. 513), Plaintiffs' Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (Doc. No. 512), and Defendants' Proposed Findings of Fact and

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Conclusions of Law (Doc. No. 511),1 it is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Revised Motion for Class Certification is DENIED for the reasons set forth in this Court's Memorandum Opinion issued this same day.

BY THE COURT: /S/LEGROME D. DAVIS Legrome D. Davis, J.

Both Plaintiffs and Defendants incorporate by reference the arguments set forth in the briefing of the original Motion for Class Certification (Doc. No. 213) that was filed in August of 2005. 2

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