United States Third Circuit

IN RE: LINERBOARD ANTITRUST LITIG., 01-4535

A putative class in an antitrust lawsuit, alleging that linerboard manufacturers violated the Sherman Act, met the requirements of FRCP 23(b)(3).

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/19/2002
• Decided 09/05/2002
• Published 09/05/2002

Judges

• Before McKEE, FUENTES and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kenneth W. Starr (argued), Christopher Landau, Kannon K. Shanmugam, Grant M. Dixton, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for Appellants International Paper Company, Union Camp Corporation, Weyerhaeuser Company, Gaylord Container Corporation, Tenneco, Inc., Tenneco Packaging and Packing Corporation of America., Barbara W. Mather (argued), Pepper, Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants Jefferson-Smurfit Corp., Stone Container Corp. and Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., Steven J. Harper, Steven C. Seeger, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Daniel B. Huyett, Matthew W. Rappleye, Stevens & Lee, Reading, PA, for Appellants International Paper Company and Union Camp Corporation., Douglas J. Kurtenbach, James H. Schink, Timothy A. Duffy, Barak S. Echols, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Ralph G. Wellington, Sherry Swirsky, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants Weyerhaeuser Company, Gaylord Container Corporation, Tenneco, Inc., Tenneco Packaging and Packaging Corporation of America., Edward M. Posner, Paul H. Saint-Antoine, Isabel C. Duffy, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant Georgia Pacific Corporation., R. Mark McCareins, Dane A. Drobny, Michael J. Mayer, Andrew D. Shapiro, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Appellants Jefferson-Smurfit Corp., Stone Container Corp. and Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., Richard C. Rizzo, Jennifer R. Clarke, Will W. Sachse, Donald C. Le Gower, Dechert Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant Temple-Inland, Inc.


• For Appellees:
  
• Howard I. Langer (argued), Sandals & Langer, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for All Appellees., Eugene A. Spector (argued), Jeffrey J. Corrigan, William G. Caldes, Spector Roseman & Kodroff, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Michael J. Freed, Steven A. Kanner, William London, Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Appellees General Refractories Company and Co-Lead Counsel for Corrugated Sheet Plaintiffs., Robert J. LaRocca, Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees Oak Valley Farms, Inc., Garrett Paper, Inc. and Local Baking Products, Inc., H. Laddie Montague, Martin Twersky, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee Garrett Paper, Inc., Roberta D. Liebenberg, Donald L. Perelman, Fine Kaplan & Black, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee Local Baking Products, Inc., W. Joseph Bruckner, Janelle K. Beitz, Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellees Oak Valley Farms, Inc., Garrett Paper, Inc. and Local Baking Products, Inc., Mark Reinhardt, Mark Wendorf, Reinhardt & Anderson, First National Bank Building, St. Paul, MN, for Appellee Albert I. Halper Corrugated Box Company.