IN RE VITAMIN C ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Nos. 06-MD-1738 (BMC) (JO), 05-CV-0453

IN RE VITAMIN C ANTITRUST LITIGATION This document relates to: ANIMAL SCIENCE PRODUCTS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. HEBEI WELCOME PHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD., et al., Defendants.

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

June 1, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation, represented by Charles Edgar Tompkins , Hausfeld LLP, James Quadra , Moscone, Emblidge & Quadra, LLP, Alanna Rutherford , Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Daniel Mason , Zelle, Hofmann, Voelbel & Mason LLP, Eric B. Fastiff , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, Ian P. Otto , Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP, Joseph W. Bell , Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP, Joseph R. Saveri , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Joseph G. Veenstra , Johns, Flaherty & Collins, S.C., Patricia K. Oliver , Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif LLP, Rebecca Bedwell-Coll , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Suyash Agrawal , Susman Godfrey LLP & Sylvia Sokol , Moscone, Emblidge & Quadra, LLP.

Plaintiff(s) in Civil Action Animal Science vs Hebei, 05-CV-453, Plaintiff, represented by Alanna Rutherford , Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Shawn L. Raymond , Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Tanya S. Chutkan , Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, William A. Isaacson , Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Benjamin D. Brown , Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll, P.L.L.C, Pro Hac Vice, Brent W. Landau , Hausfeld LLP, Pro Hac Vice, Brian C. Baker , Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Brian A. Ratner , Hausfeld LLP, Pro Hac Vice, James T. Southwick , Susman Godfrey LLP, Melinda R. Coolidge , Hausfeld LLP & Suyash Agrawal , Susman Godfrey LLP.

Plaintiff(s) in Civil Action Cribbs vs Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. 05-CV-6059, Plaintiff, represented by David E. Kovel , Kirby McInerney LLP, Alanna Rutherford , Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Melinda R. Coolidge , Hausfeld LLP & Suyash Agrawal , Susman Godfrey LLP.

Plaintiff(s) in Civil Action Keane vs Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. 06-CV-149, Plaintiff, represented by David Boies , Straus & Boies, LLP, David E. Kovel , Kirby McInerney LLP, Timothy D. Battin , Strauss & Boies, LLP, Alanna Rutherford , Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Melinda R. Coolidge , Hausfeld LLP & Suyash Agrawal , Susman Godfrey LLP.

Plaintiff(s) in Civil Action Audette vs Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. 06-CV-988, Plaintiff, represented by David Boies , Straus & Boies, LLP, Kenneth G. Walsh , Kirby McInerney LLP, Timothy D. Battin , Strauss & Boies, LLP, Alanna Rutherford , Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Daniel C. Hedlund , Gustafson Gluek PLLC, Pro Hac Vice, Melinda R. Coolidge , Hausfeld LLP & Suyash Agrawal , Susman Godfrey LLP.

One or more Plaintiffs in 06-cv-05561, Diana Kitch v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co et al, Plaintiff, represented by Robert W. Coykendall , Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy, Chtd, --Wichita, Tina J. Moore , Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy, Chtd, --Wichita, Alanna Rutherford , Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Melinda R. Coolidge , Hausfeld LLP & Suyash Agrawal , Susman Godfrey LLP.

Plaintiff(s) in Civil Action Carroll vs. China Pharmaceuticals Group, 07-CV-0226, Plaintiff, represented by Donald Chidi Amamgbo , Amamgbo & Associates, Judith Blackwell , Blackwell & Blackwell, Reginald Von Terrell , The Terrell Law Group, Alanna Rutherford , Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Melinda R. Coolidge , Hausfeld LLP & Suyash Agrawal , Susman Godfrey LLP.

Plaintiff(s) in Civil Action Philion vs Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. 06-CV-987, Plaintiff, represented by R. Alexander Saveri , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., Alanna Rutherford , Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Melinda R. Coolidge , Hausfeld LLP, Richard Saveri , Saveri & Saveri Inc. & Suyash Agrawal , Susman Godfrey LLP.

Defendant(s) in Civil Action Animal Science vs Hebei, 05-CV-453, Defendant, represented by Dale C. Christensen , Seward & Kissel LLP, Daniel Mason , Zelle, Hofmann, Voelbel & Mason LLP, James I. Serota , Greenberg Traurig LLP, Kenneth Alan Lapatine , Greenberg Traurig LLP, Richard Scott Goldstein , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Stephen V. Bomse , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Anastasia Angelova Angelova , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Darrell Prescott , Baker & McKenzie LLP, James I. Serota , Greenberg Traurig LLP, Jiangxiao Hou , Zelle Hofmann Voelbel Mason & Gette LLP, Joseph W. Bell , Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP & Rachel Lois Izower-Fadde , Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

Defendant(s) in Civil Action Audette vs Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. 06-CV-988, Defendant, represented by Annapoorni R. Sankaran , Greenberg Taurig, LLP & Gary R. Greenberg , Greenberg Taurig, LLP.

Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Defendant, represented by Charles Howard Critchlow , Baker & McKenzie & Darrell Prescott , Baker & McKenzie LLP.

Aland (Jiangsu) Nutraceutical Co., Ltd, Defendant, represented by Richard Scott Goldstein , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Stephen V. Bomse , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Steven Robert Newmark , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP & Catharine Louise Zurbrugg , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe.

JSPC America, Inc., Defendant, represented by Richard Scott Goldstein , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Stephen V. Bomse , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Steven Robert Newmark , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP & Catharine Louise Zurbrugg , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe.

China Pharmaceutical Group Ltd., Defendant, represented by Daniel Mason , Zelle, Hofmann, Voelbel & Mason LLP.

Weisheng Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Defendant, represented by Daniel Mason , Zelle, Hofmann, Voelbel & Mason LLP.

Northeast Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd., Defendant, represented by James I. Serota , Greenberg Traurig LLP & Scott Allan Martin , Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

Ministry of Commerce for the Peoples Republic of China, Amicus, represented by Joel M. Mitnick , Sidley Austin LLP & Tracey R. Seraydarian , Sidley Austin LLP.


MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

BRIAN M. COGAN, District Judge.

This antitrust case is presently before me on a motion for summary judgment in favor of defendant Northeast Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. ("Northeast"). For the reasons stated below, the motion is denied.

BACKGROUND1

This action commenced on January 26, 2005. Related actions were subsequently filed in...

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