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033993P.pdf 03/07/2005 Bob McIntosh v. Monsanto Company
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 03-3993
Eastern District of Missouri
Civil Case - antitrust. District court's denial of motion to certify two
classes was not an abuse of discretion. In price-fixing conspiracy claim
that seed companies conspired to inflate prices for genetically-modified
corn and soybean seeds to support technology fees, two classes of farmers
sought class certification. District court's conclusions that common
questions did not predominate over individual questions and that the
existence of the a conspiracy to fix prices and the existence of harm did
not constitute common questions are affirmed. J. M Arnold concurs.
[PUBLISHED] [Bright, Author, with M.Arnold and Beam, Circuit
Judges]