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W.D. Pennsylvania· 11/5/1999

In re Flat Glass Antitrust Litigation

Citations

  • 191 F.R.D. 472
  • 1999 WL 1425363

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that the ultimate price paid by each class member for a product is not the focus in a case alleging price-fixing
  • stating that properly constructed multiple regression models are one of the most mainstream ways to estimate damages in antitrust litigation
  • holding Illinois Brick “does not preclude a suit by a plaintiff who purchases directly from the alleged offender ... but buys a product which incorporates the price-fixed product as one of its ingredients”
  • collecting cases and identifying multiple regression analysis as “one of the mainstream tools in economic study”
  • rejecting defendants' contention that diverse products, markets, and pricing would prevent proof of an overarching conspiracy
  • noting predominance test is met in antitrust case because “consideration of the conspiracy issue would, of necessity, focus on defendants’ conduct, not the individual conduct of the putative class members.”

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Judges: Ziegler

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