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IN RE MERCEDES-BENZ ANTITRUST LITIGATION Click to find out why . . .



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CaseNo: IRMBAL210368, CourtName: MISC 4, UniqueCaseRef: LCD>IRMBAL210368, State: WA Washington, York Region, Mercedes-benz Vehicles, Damages, Conspiracy, Dealers, Price, Complaint, United States, Relief, York City, Jersey, Mbusa, Connecticut, Connection Therewith, Motor Car, Esq, Price Competition, Gross Profit, Stabilize, Rodriguez, Sustained Damages, Yorkregion, Participation, Price-fixing Conspiracy, Artificially High, Facilitate, Llp, Kammholz, Kaufman, Vedder, Cave, York, Basis, Marketplace, Class Members, Cul, Oginion, Dismiss, Mckenna, Wallace, Merklinger, Piro, Hack, Thomas , ContentID: 120254733

Case Documents
1   OPINION
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 131851
40 pages
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2   CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 131850
21 pages
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Total Documents: 2 documents , 61 pages
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1 . OPINION

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
LLP
KAMMHOLZ
KAUFMAN
PRICE
VEDDER
CAVE
YORK
BASIS
MARKETPLACE
CLASS MEMBERS
CUL
OGINION
DISMISS
LAW
MCKENNA
WALLACE
MERKLINGER
PIRO
HACK
THOMAS
HARTSON
HOGAN
CARSON
PENN PLAZA EAST
PARK AVENUE
ROSENBERG
STACY
MOSS
JAMES
FOR  PUBLICATION

                                  UNITED      STATES            DISTRICT                 COURT
                                 FOR  THE  DISTRICT                       OF  NEW  JERSEY




IN  RE:                                      :           Civil             Action             No.  
MERCEDES-BENZ
ANTITRUST         LITIGATION                             CLASS  ACTION

                                                         OPINION

THIS     DOCUMENT       RELATES
TO  ALL  ACTIONS





APPEARANCES:                                 LISA        J.  RODRIGUEZ,                          
                                             RODRIGUEZ                    &  RICHARDS
                                             3  Kings              Highway             E.
                                             Haddonfield,                     NJ  08033
                                             (Liason               Counsel)

                                             ANTHONY               J.  BOLOGNESE,                  
                                             BOLOGNESE                    &  ASSOCIATES
                                             Two  Penn  Center                           Plaza,    
                                             Philadelphia,                       PA  19103
                                                         -and-
                                             MICHAEL               D.  HAUSFELD,                   
                                             PAUL  T.  GALLAGHER,                                
                                             COHEN,            MILSTEIN,                  HAUSFELD 
                                             1100        New  York               Avenue,           
                                             West        Tower,              Suite            500
                                             Washington,                     D.C.             20005
                                                         -and-
                                             EUGENE            A.  SPECTOR,                      
                                             JEFFREY               J.      CORRIGAN,               
                                             SPECTOR,                ROSEMAN              &  KODROFF
                                             1818        Market              Street,               
                                             Philadelphia,                       PA  19103
                                             (Co-lead                Counsel              for      


COMMITTEE                OF  LEAD  COUNSEL                     FOP.  THE
DEALER        DEFENDANTS                   [Disbanded                by  Order     of
SNIPPETS:
  • -and-NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
  • -and-MICHAEL S. WATERS, ESQ.
  • -and-BRYAN CAVE, LLP
  • VEDDER, PRICE, KAUFMAN & KAMMHOLZ
  • JAMES A. MOSS, ESQ.
  • STACY K. ROSENBERG, ESQ.
  • Park Avenue
  • -and-2 Penn Plaza East
  • -and-NICHOLAS W.C. CARSON, ESQ.
  • HOGAN & HARTSON
  • THOMAS M. MADDEN, ESQ.
  • HACK, PIRO, O'DAY, MERKLINGER
  • WALLACE & McKENNA
  • case law.
  • dismiss.
  • oginion.
  • CUL.
  • class members.
  • marketplace.
  • basis.

  • 2 . CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DEFENDANT
    MERCEDES-BENZ VEHICLES
    PLAINTIFFS
    DAMAGES
    CONSPIRACY
    DEALERS
    BUSINESS
    LAW
    PRICE
    COMPLAINT
    UNITED STATES
    RELIEF
    YORK CITY
    JERSEY
    MBUSA
    CONNECTICUT
    CONNECTION THEREWITH
    ATTORNEYS
    MOTOR CAR
    PRICE COMPETITION
    GROSS PROFIT
    STABILIZE
    RODRIGUEZ
    SUSTAINED DAMAGES
    YORKREGION
    PARTICIPATION
    PRICE-FIXING CONSPIRACY
    ARTIFICIALLY HIGH
    FACILITATE
    
          RODRIGUEZ  &  RICEiARDS,  LLC
          Lisa J. Rodriguez,  Esquire
          3 Kings  Highway  East
          Hacidonfidd,  NJ  08033
          (856)  7959002
    
          Li;lisa  Counsel for Plaintiffs  and The  CRASS
    
          (Ad&iod  Counse'l Ap$ear on signature Page)
    
    
                                         IN  THE  UNITED  STATI%  DISTRICT  COURT
                                  .          FOR THE DISTRICT  OF 3GW  JERSEY
                                                              .
    
    
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           THIS  j3OCUh4ENT  RELATES  TO:                                       8
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                A.L,L ACTlONS                                                   . * .
    
    
    
                attorneys, bting this action for damages and inj~mcrive  relief under the antiaust laws
    
                States against the defendants identified herein,,and in connection therewith, kllcge 
    
                                                                    OF TR[F AC`TrQN
    
                         1.     R&  action is brought as a class action on behalf of individuals  and
    
           purchssed or Scascd n&w Mercedes-Benz vehicles directl>l from  defendant Mercedes-Ben% USA,
    
                ("MDUSA"),      or  from  one of  the defendant Mercedes-Benz  dealers in  MBUSA's 
    
    
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           `N&E&             14.2001            Ul  1:  45Pfl     l6PECTOR     ROSEMAN  &  KODROFF
     I               * .                                                                               
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • RODRIGUEZ & RICEiARDS, LLC
  • Li;lisa Counsel for Plaintiffs and The CRASS
  • attorneys, bting this action for damages and inj~mcrive relief under the antiaust laws of the
  • States against the defendants identified herein,,and in connection therewith, kllcge as
  • purchssed or Scascd n&w Mercedes-Benz vehicles directl>l from defendant Mercedes-Ben% USA,
  • or from one of the defendant Mercedes-Benz dealers in MBUSA's "New York
  • raise, fix, maintain and stabilize the price of new Mercedes-Benz vehicles sold or leased in
  • defendant MEI LISA's coordination of, and participation and assistonce in,
  • a sustained course of conduct by New York Region MB Centers to exchange and discuss high&
  • non-public information concerning pricing actions and strategies designed to facilitate
  • alld sffcctuatc collusive pricing by MB Centers, and limit price competitian and discounting
  • t& violations of the federal anti&W laws aIIcged in this Complaint.
  • and, because defendant MBUSA maintains its extcurivs headquarters, and principal pIace of
  • business, in Montvale, New Jersey, many of the co-conspiring defendad MB Centers are located
  • and sustained damages because of the illegal combination and conspiracy alleged hcrdn.
  • Dr, Konis purchased a new Mcrccdes-Bcnzvchiclc directly from defendant Icea Motor Car Corp.,
  • Now YorkRegion, and sustained damages because of the illegal combination and conspiracy
  • throughout the United States through a ntwork of approximately 300 franchisccl retailers,
  • York City Ir;nown as Mercedes-Benz Manhattan,
  • Connecticut.
  • There are questions of law and fict common CO the memjxs of the Class,
  • the price-fixing conspiracy was carried out in anumber
  • the gross profit per tit, the gross profir percentage of sales aad the subtorals for tbc
  • price competition for new Mercedcs43enz vehicles within the New York region.
  • Ma-cedes-Benz v$icIes in the New York Region were maintained at artificially high price
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