IN RE COORDINATED PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS, ETC.

4-71 Civ. 435.

410 F.Supp. 659 (1974)

In re COORDINATED PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS IN ANTIBIOTIC ANTITRUST ACTIONS.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Fourth Division.

February 11, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cochrane & Bresnahan, St. Paul, Minn., Chestnut, Brooks & Burkard, Minneapolis, Minn., Hollabaugh & Jacobs, Washington, D. C., Hamrick & Hamrick, Rutherfordton, N. C., James F. Graham, Zanesville, Ohio, Granger & Nagels, Overland Park, Kan., Crane, Martin, Claussen, Hamilton & Barry, Topeka, Kan., Shea, Gould, Climenko & Kramer, New York City, Slade Gorton, Atty. Gen., of the State of Washington, by Ferguson & Burdell, Seattle, Wash., Lee Johnson, Atty. Gen., of the State of Oregon, Salem, Ore., Curt T. Schneider, Atty. Gen., of Kansas by Crane, Martin, Claussen, Hamilton & Barry, Topeka, Kan., H. Derrell Dickens, El Dorado, Ark., for Doughboy Class Committee of Counsel.

Cochrane & Bresnahan, St. Paul, Minn., Chestnut, Brooks & Burkard, Minneapolis, Minn., Shea, Gould, Climenko & Kramer, New York City, Slade Gorton, Atty. Gen., of the State of Washington, by Ferguson & Burdell, Seattle, Wash., Lee Johnson, Atty. Gen., of the State of Oregon, Salem, Ore., Curt T. Schneider, Atty. Gen., of the State of Kansas, by Crane, Martin, Claussen, Hamilton & Barry, Topeka, Kan., for Hoffert Class Committee of Counsel.

Cochrane & Bresnahan, St. Paul, Minn., for plaintiffs in Doughboy Industries, Inc., et al., The Grange Company, et al., Minnesota Fur Foods Cooperative, et al., and E. J. Hoffert, et al.

Chestnut, Brooks & Burkard, Minneapolis, Minn., for plaintiffs in Doughboy Industries, Inc., et al., The Grange Company, et al., Minnesota Fur Foods Cooperative, et al., and E. J. Hoffert, et al.

Hollabaugh & Jacobs, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs in Burgess Poultry Market, Inc., et al.

Hamrick & Hamrick, Rutherfordton, N. C., for plaintiffs in Edwards Brothers Milling Co.

Brown, Compton & Prewett, El Dorado, Ark., for plaintiffs in A. C. Smith Poultry Co., et al., Jack England, et al., Louisiana Hatcheries, Inc., et al., and Marshall Durbin Food Corp., et al.

Granger & Nagels, Overland Park, Kan., for plaintiffs in The Anderson Cattle Co., Inc., and Missouri Farmers Ass'n., Inc., et al.

Shea, Gould, Climenko & Kramer, New York City, for plaintiffs in Kenneth Murray Co., Guy J. Phelps, Jr., and Rutledge Ranch.

Law Offices of Joseph L. Alioto, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs in Balfour, Guthrie & Co., Ltd.

James F. Graham, Zanesville, Ohio, for plaintiffs in Bernard Kay, et al.

Lee A. Freeman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs in Carl F. Dodge, et al.

Slade Gorton, Atty. Gen., of the State of Washington, by Ferguson & Burdell, Seattle, Wash., for State of Washington.

Lee Johnson, Atty. Gen., of the State of Oregon, Salem, Ore., for State of Oregon.

Curt T. Schneider, Atty. Gen., of the State of Kansas, by Crane, Martin, Claussen, Hamilton & Barry, Topeka, Kan., for State of Kansas.

H. Derrell Dickens, El Dorado, Ark., for plaintiffs in A. C. Smith Poultry Co., et al., Jack England, et al., Louisiana Hatcheries, Inc., et al., and Marshall Durbin Food Corporation, et al.

Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, New York City, and Dorsey, Marquart, Windhorst, West & Halladay, Minneapolis, Minn., for American Cyanamid Company.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, Cal., Maun, Hazel, Green, Hazel, Simon & Aretz, St. Paul, Minn., and Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., for Pfizer Inc.

Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, New York City, and Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., for Bristol-Myers Company.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, and Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., for Squibb Corporation and Olin Corporation.

Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., and Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., for The Upjohn Company.


MEMORANDUM OPINION APPROVING SETTLEMENT

MILES W. LORD, District Judge.

The parties to these class actions have moved the Court pursuant to Rule 23(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for approval of a proposed settlement of this action.

I. BACKGROUND.

The Doughboy and Hoffert class actions and related actions are a part of the more than 150 related Broad Spectrum Antibiotics...

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