In Re Packaged Ice Antitrust Litigation. Direct Purchasers Action.
| Decision Date | 01 July 2010 |
| Docket Number | Case No. 08-MD-01952. |
| Parties | In re PACKAGED ICE ANTITRUST LITIGATION. Direct Purchasers Action. |
| Court | U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Michigan |
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Joseph Marid Patane, Joseph M. Patane Assoc., San Francisco, CA, Lauren Clare Russell, Mario Nunzio Alioto Trump, Allioto, San Francisco, CA, for Marin Scotty's Market, Incorporated 08-12640.
Mark A. Maasch, San Diego, CA, Ben Barnow, Barnow Assoc., Chicago, IL, for Jan Barranco-Grams 08-12641.
Mitchell L. Burgess, Ralph K. Phalen, Burgess and Lamb, PC, Kansas City, MO, Ben Barnow, Barnow Assoc., Chicago, IL, for Jenifer Valencia 08-12642.
Bernard Persky, Kelli Lerner, Hollis L. Salzman, Jay L. Himes, William Reiss, Labaton, Sucharow, LLP, New York, NY, David J. Syrios, Guri Ademi, Shpetim Ademi, Ademi And O‘Reill, LLP, Cudahy, WI, Jason S. Kilene, Gustafson, Gluek, Minneapolis, MN, Elwood S. Simon, John P. Zuccarini, Elwood S. Simon & Associates, P.C., Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Ridge Plaza, Incorporated 08-12643.
Daniel E. Gustafson, Jason S. Kilene, Gustafson Gluek, Minneapolis, MN, Dianne M. Nast Roda & Nast, Lancaster, PA, W. Joseph Bruckner, Lockridge Grindal Nauen, Minneapolis, MN, Elwood S. Simon, Elwood S. Simon & Associates, P.C., Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Mall Mart, Incorporated 08-12644 Doing Business as Midway BP.
Bryan L. Bleichner, Jeffrey D. Bores, Karl L. Cambronne, Chestnut and Cambronne, Minneapolis, MN, Elwood S. Simon, Elwood S. Simon & Associates, P.C., Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Baron Group, Incorporated 08-12645 Doing Business as Baron's Ice House.
Heidi M. Silton, Richard A. Lockridge, W. Joseph Bruckner, Matthew R. Salzwedel, Lockridge Grindal Nauen, PLLP, Minneapolis, MI, Gregory L. Curtner, Robert J. Wierenga, Miller, Canfield, Ann Arbor, MI, Jayne Goldstein, Shepherd, Finkelman, Weston, FL, Thomas W. Cranmer, Miller, Canfield, Troy, MI, for Kozak Enterprises, Incorporated 08-12646.
Bernard Persky, Kellie Lerner, Labaton, Sucharow, New York, NY, Daniel E. Gustafson, Jason S. Kilene, Gustafson Gluek, Minneapolis, MN, Hollis L. Salzman, William Reiss, Labaton Sucharow, LLP, New York, NY, Roger B. Greenberg, Schwartz, Junell, Greenberg & Oathout, LLP, Houston, TX, Elwood S. Simon, Elwood S. Simon & Associates, P.C., Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Solid Waste, Limited 08-12647 Doing Business as Bayland Marina.
Bernard Persky, Hollis L. Salzman, Kelli Lerner, William Reiss, Labaton, Sucharow, New York, NY, Daniel E. Gustafson, Jason S. Kilene, Gustafson Gluek, Minneapolis, MN, Elwood S. Simon, Elwood S. Simon & Associates, P.C., Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Thrifty Liquor, Incorporated 08-12648.
Daniel E. Gustafson, James W. Anderson, Jason S. Kilene, Gustafson Gluek, Minneapolis, MN, Natalie Finkelman Bennett, Media, PA, for Chukrid Khorchid 08-12649 Doing Business as 7-Eleven.
Garrett D. Blanchfield, Mark Reinhardt, Reinhardt, Wendorf, Richard L. Jasperson, Richard L. Jasperson, PA, St. Paul, MN, Karl L. Cambronne, Chestnut & Cambronne, Minneapolis, MN, Elwood S. Simon, Elwood S. Simon & Associates, P.C., Bloomfield Hills, MI, for GM Food and Fuel, LLC 08-12650 Doing Business as GM Food and Gas.
Heidi M. Silton, Lockridge Grindal Nauen, PLLP, Minneapolis, MI, Jason Hartley, Ross, Dixon, San Diego, CA, Matthew R. Salzwedel, Richard A. Lockridge, W. Joseph Bruckner, Lockridge Grindal Nauen, Minneapolis, MN, Peter Safirstein, Milberg, Robert N. Kaplan Kaplan, Fox, New York, NY, Paul F. Novak, Milberg, Detroit, MI, for Public Foods, Incorporated 08-12651.
Heidi M. Silton, Matthew R. Salzwedel, Richard A. Lockridge, W. Joseph Bruckner, Lockridge Grindal Nauen, PLLP, Minneapolis, MI, Jason Hartley, Ross, Dixon, San Diego, CA, Peter Safirstein, Milberg, Robert N. Kaplan, Kaplan, Fox, New York, NY, Paul F. Novak, Milberg, Detroit, MI, for Americana Food Store, Incorporated 08-12651 and Twin Value, LLC 08-12651 Doing Business as Seaway Marketplace.
Heidi M. Silton, Matthew R. Salzwedel, Richard A. Lockridge, W. Joseph Bruckner, Lockridge Grindal Nauen, PLLP, Minneapolis, MI, Ira Neil Richards, Trujillo, Rodriguez & Richards, LLC, Philadelphia, PA, Robert J. Gralewski, Gergosian & Gralewski, LLP, San Diego, CA, Gregory L. Curtner, Robert J. Wierenga, Miller, Canfield, Ann Arbor, MI, Robert J. Larocca, Kohn, Swift, Philadelphia, PA, Thomas W. Cranmer, Miller, Canfield, Troy, MI, William E. Hoese, Kohn, Swift, Philadelphia, PA, for Thomas Beverage Company, Incorporated 08-12653 Doing Business as Thomas Liquors.
Robert N. Kaplan, Kaplan, Fox, Linda P. Nussbaum, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., New York, NY, David H. Fink, E. Powell Miller, Martha J. Olijnyk, The Miller Law Firm, Rochester, MI, Robert J. Larocca, William E. Hoese, Kohn, Swift, Philadelphia, PA, for Chi-Mar Enterprises, Incorporated 08-12654.
H. Laddie Montague, Jr., Ruthanne Gordon, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Marc H. Edelson, Edelson & Associates, LLC, Doylestown, PA, for Fu-Wah Mini Market 08-12655.
E. Powell Miller, The Miller Law Firm, Rochester, MI, Robert N. Kaplan, Kaplan, Fox, New York, NY, for Warrington Fuels, Incorporated 08-12656.
Charles P. Goodwin, Berger & Montague, Philadelphia, PA, David A. Balto, Washington, DC, David A. Langer, Eric L. Cramer, Ruthanne Gordon, Berger & Montague, Philadelphia, PA, Joseph R. Saveri, Michele C. Jackson, Lieff, Cabraser, Joshua P. Davis, San Francisco, CA, for Marchbanks Travel Service, Incorporated 08-12657 Doing Business as Bear Mountain Travel Shop.
Thomas P. Glass, Strauss & Troy, Richard Stuart Wayne, William Robert Jacobs, Cincinnati, OH, for Marchbanks Travel Service, Incorporated 08-12657 Doing Business as Bear Mountain Travel Shop
and Champs Liquors, Incorporated 08-12658.
Austin Cohen, Charles Sweedler, Howard Sedran, Levin, Fishbein, Philadelphia, PA, Barry Barnett, Terrell Oxford, Susman, Godfrey, Dallas, TX, David McLafferty, Conshohocken, PA, Stewart Weltman, Chicago, IL, for Five Angels Management 08-12659 Doing Business as Frank A Smith Beverages.
Ann White, Jenkintown, PA, Barry Barnett, Daniel Charest, Terrell Oxford, Susman, Godfrey, Dallas, TX, Katherine Kelly, Scott Carlson, Vincent Esades, Heins, Mills, Minneapolis, MN, Dean M. Googasian, Thomas H. Howlett, Googasian Law Firm, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Joseph Massino 08-12660.
Aaron Sheanin, Daniel C. Girard, Elizabeth Pritzker, Steven Tidrick, Girard, Gibbs, San Francisco, CA, Larry Veselka, Smyser, Kaplan, Houston, TX, for Rodney Blasingame 08-12661.
Barry Barnett, Daniel Charest, Susman, Godfrey, Terrell Oxford, Dallas, TX, Eugene A. Spector, William Caldes, Jeffrey J. Corrigan, Jonathan M. Jagher, Spector Rosemam Kodroff & Willis, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, John Murdock, Murdock, Goldenberg, Cincinnati, OH, for Ethamma Emmanuel 08-12662 Doing Business As 77-11 25452.
Gerard A. Dever, Ria C. Momblanco, Roberta D. Liebenberg, Paul Costa, Fine, Kaplan, Philadelphia, PA, John R. Malkinson, Malkinson & Halpern, P.C., Chicago, IL, Michael P. Lynn, Richard A. Smith, Lynn, Tillotson, Dallas, TX, Gregory L. Curtner, Robert J. Wierenga, Miller, Canfield, Ann Arbor, MI, Thomas W. Cranmer, Miller, Canfield, Troy, MI, for Joseph Difabritiis 7-11 Food Store 24428 08-12663.
Barry Barnett, Daniel Charest, Terrell Oxford, Susman, Godfrey, Dallas, TX, Katherine Kelly, Samuel Heins, Scott Carlson, Vincent Esades, Heins, Mills, Nathaniel Hobbs, Minneapolis, MN, Dean M. Googasian, Thomas H. Howlett, Googasian Law Firm, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Rick Drontle 08-12664 Doing Business as Ponytail Catering.
Allan Steyer, Steyer, Lowenthal, Christopher Lebsock, Michael P. Lehmann, Hausfeld LLP, San Francisco, CA, Arthur Bailey, Jamestown, NY, Barry Barnett, Daniel Charest, Terrell Oxford, Susman, Godfrey, Dallas, TX, Daniel Cohen, Jonathan Cuneo, Cuneo, Gilbert, Michael D. Hausfeld, Cohen, Milstein, Washington, DC, Maxwell Blecher, Blecher & Collins, Los Angeles, CA, for Wilson Farms, Incorporated 08-12665.
Jacob A. Goldberg, Faruqi and Faruqi, Huntingdon Valley, PA, Stephen F. Wasinger, Stephen F. Wasinger PLC, Royal Oak, MI, for F & V Oil Company, Inc. 08-11152, Lansdale Oil Company, Inc. 08-11152 and VB & FS Oil Company 08-11152.
Patrick E. Cafferty, Cafferty Faucher, Ann Arbor, MI, Bryan L. Clobes, Cafferty, Faucher, Philadelphia, PA, Michael G. Mclellan, Finkelstein, Thompson, Washington, DC, for S and S Lima, Incorporated 08-11182 Doing Business as Dry Run Beverage.
Ann Mandt, Charfoos And Christensen, Detroit, MI, Elwood S. Simon, Elwood S. Simon & Associates, P.C., Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Silver Springs Liquor Incorporated 08-11200.
Mary Ellen Gurewitz, Sachs Waldman, Detroit, MI, Gregory L. Curtner, Robert J. Wierenga, Miller, Canfield, Ann Arbor, MI, Steven A. Asher, Weinstein, Kitchenoff, Philadelphia, PA, Thomas W. Cranmer, Miller, Canfield, Troy, MI, for Elite Energy, LLC 08-11201.
Jonathan B. Frank, Jeffrey B. Gittleman, Jackier, Gould, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Melrick, Incorporated 08-11204 Doing Business As North Main Short Stop.
Patrick E. Cafferty, Cafferty Faucher, Ann Arbor, MI, Bryan L. Clobes, Cafferty, Faucher, Philadelphia, PA, for RSB Wellman Co., Inc. 00-11213 Doing Business as Twig's Carry Out.
Martha J. Olijnyk, The Miller Law Firm, Rochester, MI, for Joseph Krainc 08-11238 Doing Business as Joe's Beer Distributor, Circle Beer & Beverage, Inc. 08-11293 Doing Business as Duffy's Pop & Beer Warehouse, Mazel LLC 08-11315, Linco Distributing Company, Inc. 08-11330 Doing Business As Beer Minimum, 823 SPROUL Inc. 08-11345 Doing Business as Sproul Beverage, Roberta Wooten 08-11575 Doing Business as Wooten's One Stop, Rickey Ryberg 08-12240, Linco Distributing Company, Inc. 08-11330 Doing Business As Beer Minimum and Donald K. Tomino 08-11438 Doing Business as Crafton Beverage Center.
Mel E. Lifshitz, Ronald J. Aranoff, Bernstein, Liebhard, Stephen R. Neuwirth, Quinn, Emanuel, New York, NY, for Mazel LLC 08-11315.
Steven A. Schwartz, Chimicles & Tikellis, Haverford, PA, for Y & R's, Inc. 08-11316.
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