In re Dynamic Random Access Mem. (Dram) Antitrust
| Decision Date | 01 June 2007 |
| Docket Number | No. M02-1486PJH.,M02-1486PJH. |
| Citation | 516 F.Supp.2d 1072 |
| Court | U.S. District Court — Northern District of California |
| Parties | In re DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (DRAM) ANTITRUST LITIGATION This Document Relates to: All Indirect Purchaser Actions. |
Boodrookas Alvarez & Smith LLP, Geoffrey Conrad Rushing, Guido Saveri, Richard Alexander Saveri, Saveri & Saveri Inc., Susan Gilah Kupfer, Glancy & Binkow LLP, Emilio Eugene Varanini, IV, State Attorney General's Office, Bruce Lee Simon, Pearson, Simon, Soter, Warshaw & Penny, LLP, Willem F. Jonckheer, Juden Justice Reed, Schubert & Reed LLP, Christine Pedigo Bartholomew, Finkelstein Thompson LLP, Craig C. Corbitt, John J. Bogdanor, Josef D. Cooper, Tracy R. Kirkham, Cooper & Kirkham, P.C., Adam C. Belsky, Monique Alonso, Terry Gross, Monique Alonso, Gross & Belsky LLP, Anna C. Conley, Christopher Thomas Micheletti, Francis Onofrei Scarpulla, Zelle Hofmann Voelbel Mason & Gette LLP, Christopher Lee Lebsock, Henry A. Cirillo, The Furth Firm LLP, Jenelle Welling, Green Welling LLP, Joseph Marid Patane, Law Office of Joseph M. Patane, Lauren Clare Russell, Mario Nunzio Alioto, Trump, Alioto, Trump & Prescott, LLP, Shannon P. Cereghino, Finkelstein Thompson & Loughran, Charlene Haught Johnson, Jeremiah F. Hallisey, John St. John, Hallisey and Johnson, Lingel H. Winters, Esq., Emilio Eugene Varanini, IV, State Attorney General's Office, Charles M. Kagay, Spiegel Liao & Kagay, LLP, Kathleen E. Foote, Office of the Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, Fred Taylor Isquith, Daniel W. Krasner, Fred Taylor Isquith, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, Christopher Lovell, Lovell Stewart Halebian LLP, Laurence D. King, Gary Laurence Specks, Jason Allen Zweig, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, Bernard Persky, Labaton Sucharow & Rudoff LLP, Kenneth G. Walsh, Barrett, Gravante, Carpinello & Stein, Jay L. Himes, Richard Leonard Schwartz, Jeremy Raphael Kasha, Office of the Attorney General of New York, New York, NY, Merrick Scott Rayle, Lovell Stewart Halebian LLP, Pacific Grove, CA, Anthony J. Gaughan, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Kevin J. O'Connor, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Linda S. Schmidt, Madison, WI, Anthony D. Shapiro, Steve W. Berman, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, WA, Eugene A. Spector, Jeffrey J. Corrigan, John A. MacOretta, Spector Roseman & Kodroff PC, Joel Cary Meredith, Steven J. Greenfogel, Meredith Cohen Greenfogel & Skirnick PC, Ira Neil Richards, Trujillo Rodriguez & Richards LLC, Scott Alan George, Sheller, Ludwig & Badey, Philadelphia, PA, Francis A. Bottini, Jr., Johnson Bottini, LLP, Francis M. Gregorek, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, Thomas Joseph O'Reardon, II, Bonny E. Sweeney, Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP, Dennis Stewart, Hulett Harper Stewart LLP, Brooke Elizabeth West, Edward M. Gergosian, Robert J. Gralewski, Jr., Gergosian & Gralewski, Alexander M. Schack; Law Offices of Alexander M. Schack, Chad M. McManamy Daniel Jay Mogin, Lisa J. Frisella, The Mogin Law Firm, PC, Ralph B. Kalfayan, Krause Kalfayan Benink & Slavens, San Diego, CA, Garrett D. Blanchfield, Jr., Mark Reinhardt, Reinhardt Wendorf & Blanchfield, St. Paul, MN, Steven A. Kanner, Much Shelist Freed Denenberg & Ament PC, Mary Jane Edelstein, Mary Jane Edelstein Fait, Wolf Heldenstein Alder Freeman & Herz, Marvin Alan Miller, Miller Law LLC, Chicago, IL, Philip Howard Gordon, Gordon Law Offices Chartered, Boise, ID, Richard M. Hagstrom, Richard L. Voelbel, Zelle Hofmann Voelbel Mason & Gette LLP, Daniel E. Gustafson, Gustafson Gluek PLLC, James M. Lockhart, Mark Alan Jacobson, Lindquist & Vennum, P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, Alfred Glenn Yates, Jr. Law Office Of Alfred G. Yates Jr., P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, Stephen E. Connolly, Schiffrin & Barrowy, LLP, Radnor, PA, Fred A. Silva, Roger M. Schrimp, Gene J. Stonebarger, Kathy Lee Monday, Damrell Nelson Schrimp Pallios Pacher & Silva, Modesto, CA, Steven Noel Williams, Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA, Kevin Bruce Love, Hanzman Criden & Love, P.A., South Miami, FL, Ryan M. Hagan, Alexander Hawes & Audet, LLP, San Jose, CA, Kenneth George Gilman, Gilman and Pastor, LLP, Boston, MA, Dennis James Johnson, Peter John McDougall, Johnson & Perkinson, South Burlington, VT, Ian Otto, Straus & Boies LLP, James F. Wyatt, III, Wyatt & Blake LLP, Charlotte, NC, Timothy D. Battin, David Boies, David Boies, III, Straus & Boies, LLP, Fairfax, VA, C. Dewey Branstetter, Jr., James G. Stranch, III, Branstetter Stranch & Jennings, Douglas S. Johnston, Barrett, Johnston & Parsley, Hal Hardin, Nashville, TN, Jeffrey A. Bartos, Guerrieri Edmond, Clayman & Bartos PC, Douglas G. Thompson, Jr., Mila Bartos, Finkelstein Thompson Loughran, Washington, DC, Wyatt B. Durrette, Jr., Durrette Bradshaw, Richmond, VA, Matthew Patrick Maniscalco, Straus & Boies LLP, Davis, CA, Michael N. Widener, Van Bunch, Bonnett Fairbourn Friedman & Balint PC, Signal Mountain, TN, Alan R. Plutzik, Brarnson, Plutzik, Mahler & Birkhaeuser, LLP, James J. Ficenec, James J. Ficenec, Sellar Hazard McNeely & Manning, Daniel Edward Birkhaeuser, Alan R. Plutzik, Bramson, Plutzik, Mahler & Birkhaeuser, LLP, Walnut Creek, CA, Daniel S. Glaser, Peter J. McNulty, McNulty Law Firm, Bel Air, CA, Lynnette D. Chen, Janssen Malloy Needham Morrison & Reinholsten, LLP, Richard G. Urquhart, Zelle Hofmann Voelbel Mason & Gette LLP, Dallas, TX, Scott Ames, Steven J. Serratore, Serratore & Ames, Henry Huntington Rossbacher, The Rossbacher Firm, Los Angeles, CA., William Timothy Needham, Janssen Malloy Needham Morrison & Reinholsten LLP Post Office Drawer, Eureka, CA, Kevin Peter Roddy, Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer, PA, Woodbridge, NJ, Gary Kostow, James C. Shah, Natalie Finkelman Bennett, Attorney at Law, Scott R. Shepherd, Media, PA, James E. Miller, Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller & Shah, LLC, Chester, CT, Robert J. Bonsignore, Bonsignore & Brewer, Medford, MA, D. Michael Noonan, William Shaheen, Shaheen & Gordon, PA, Dover, NH, Steven M. Gordon, Concord, NH, Adam Stein, Ferguson Stein Wallas Adkins Gresham & Sumter, PA, Chapel Hill, NC, Samuel W. Lanham, Jr., Lanham & Blackwell, Bangor, ME, Arturo Luciano-Delgado, Arturo Luciano Law Office, San Juan, PR, Leroy Davis Percy, Tollison Law Firm P.A., Oxford, MS, Allan O. Walsh, Jeremy C. Sink, McKay Burton & Thurman, Salt Lake City, UT, Tim David Nord, Oregon Department of Justice, Financial Fraud/Consumer Protection, Salem, OR, Clyde E. Sniffen, Jr., State of Alaska, Department of Law, Anchorage, AK, D.J. Pascoe, Michigan Department of Attorney General, Lansing, MI, for Plaintiffs.
State of Maryland, pro se.
Debra L. Bouffard, R. Jeffrey Behm, Debra L. Bouffard, Sheehey Furlong & Behm PC, Burlington, VT, G. Michael Barnhill, Jim D. Cooley, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Charlotte, NC, Joel Steven Sanders, Rebecca Justice Lazarus, Christine Hart Clay, George Charles Nierlich, III, Joshua David Hess, Michael Cecchini, Rachel Brass, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Albert J. Boro, Jr., Cecil S. Chung, Peter Manfred Bransten, Terrence A. Callan, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Paul R. Griffin, Robert Benard Pringle, Jonathan Edward Swartz, Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP, David Dong-In Sohn, Skadden, Alps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Gary L. Hailing, James Landon McGinnis, Mona Solouki, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, E. Anne Hawkins, Howard Mark Ullman, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Peter F. Burns, Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, San Francisco, CA, Christopher James Flack, Jonathan L. Stern, William J. Baer, Wilson D. Mudge, Arnold & Porter LLP, Karen Walker, Tefft W. Smith, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Ian T. Simmons, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC, Ronald Charles Redcay, Arnold & Porter LLP, Christopher J. Heck, Aton Arbisser, Julian Brew, Tanja K. Shipman Joshua Stewart Stambaugh, Kaye Scholer LLP, Sarretta McDonough, Alexander Fraser MacKinnon, Eileen Barish, Jeffrey S. Davidson, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Kenneth Ryan O'Rourke, Peter Bruce Nemerovski, Steven H. Bergman, Daniel Lee Alexander, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Steven Albert Mansfield, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Los Angeles, CA, David A. Donohoe, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Jonathan M. Jacobson, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Kevin Arquit, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY, Cynthia A. Zuniga, Na'Il Benjamin, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Menlo Park, CA, Harrison J. Frahn, IV, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Palo Alto, CA, for Defendants.
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS
Defendants' motions for judgment on the pleadings came on for hearing on December 6, 2006 before this court. Plaintiffs, indirect purchasers ("plaintiffs"), appeared through their counsel, Allan Steyer, Josef D. Cooper, Tracy B. Kirkham, Daniel E. Gustafson, Christopher L. Lebsock, Terry Gross, Michael P. Lehman, Francis O. Scarpula, Daniel J. Mogin, and Jill M. Manning. Defendants appeared through their counsel, Julian Brew, Kenneth R. O'Rourke, Peter Nemerovski, Joshua Stambaugh, Jonathan Houden, Ronald C. Redcay, Joel S. Sanders, Steven H. Bergman, Andrew P. Deshazo, and Alejandro Steyer. Having read all the papers submitted and carefully considered the relevant legal authority, the court hereby GRANTS the motions for judgment on the pleadings in part and DENIES the motions for judgment on the pleadings in part, for the reasons stated at the hearing and as follows.
The actions before the court are part of a larger antitrust MDL action, in which plaintiffs generally allege a horizontal price-fixing conspiracy carried out by numerous defendants, in violation of various...
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