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IN RE AUCTION HOUSES ANTITRUST LITIGATION

No. 00 CIV. 0648(LAK).

164 F.Supp.2d 345 (2001)

In re AUCTION HOUSES ANTITRUST LITIGATION This document applies to: All Actions

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

April 13, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Boies, Richard B. Drubel, Philip Korologos, Kimberly H. Schultz, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs.

Shepard Goldfein, Michael L. Weiner, Clifford H. Aronson, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, for Defendants Christie's, Inc., and Christie's International plc.

Steven Alan Reiss, Howard B. Comet, Richard J. Davis, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, for Defendants Sotheby's, Inc. and Sotheby's Holdings, Inc.

Scott T. Kragie, Keith E. Dobbins, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP, for Objectors The Fataihi Company and Swicorp S.A.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KAPLAN, District Judge.

Oscar Wilde once wrote that "life imitates art," and the litigation concerning the scope of the release to be included as part of the settlement of these class actions has taken on a decidedly Dickensian air.1

I

As originally proposed, a term of this otherwise favorable settlement would have released Christie's and Sotheby's from all claims "based on any allegedly collusive...

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