context: In sum, despite defendants' admirable attempts to suggest that individual issues will abound, the court is unpersuaded. This case involves horizontal price-fixing allegations and common issues will clearly predominate.
citation_a.signal: cf.
citation_a.parenthetical: observing that "predominance is a test readily met in certain cases alleging ... violations of the antitrust laws"
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Vitamins Antitrust Lit., 209 F.R.D. at 262-70 (rejecting arguments similar to those raised by defendants in this case and concluding the predominance requirement was satisfied in a horizontal price-fixing case involving purchasers of vitamins); Linerboard Antitrust Lit., 203 F.R.D. at 214-23 (same in case involving purchasers of corrugated paper made using linerboard); In re Flat Glass Antitrust Lit., 191 F.R.D. 472, 484-88 (W.D.Pa.1999) (same in case involving purchasers of flat glass products); cf. Amchem, 521 U.S. at 625, 117 S.Ct. 2231 (observing that “predominance is a test readily met in certain cases alleging ... violations of the antitrust laws”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 203 F.R.D. 214, 214-23
citation_b.parenthetical: same in case involving purchasers of corrugated paper made using linerboard
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Vitamins Antitrust Lit., 209 F.R.D. at 262-70 (rejecting arguments similar to those raised by defendants in this case and concluding the predominance requirement was satisfied in a horizontal price-fixing case involving purchasers of vitamins); Linerboard Antitrust Lit., 203 F.R.D. at 214-23 (same in case involving purchasers of corrugated paper made using linerboard); In re Flat Glass Antitrust Lit., 191 F.R.D. 472, 484-88 (W.D.Pa.1999) (same in case involving purchasers of flat glass products); cf. Amchem, 521 U.S. at 625, 117 S.Ct. 2231 (observing that “predominance is a test readily met in certain cases alleging ... violations of the antitrust laws”).