District Court, D. Maine December 8, 2004, MDL DOCKET NO. 1532 (In Re New Motor Vehicles Canadian Export Antitrust Litigation)

ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS CERTAIN CLAIMS IN PLAINTIFFS’ SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT

HORNBY, District Judge.

Buyers and lessees

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of new motor vehicles have sued automobile companies and two national dealer associations. They claim that these defendants conspired among themselves and with unnamed dealers to prevent less-expensive Canadian vehicles from entering the American market.