Linerboard Antitrust Litigation
(In re Linerboard Antitrust Litigation, MDL 1261 (3rd Cir. 2002))

Linerboard manufacturers allegedly engaged in a continuing combination and conspiracy in unreasonable restraint of trade and commerce in violation of federal antitrust law. A class action lawsuit was brought into Court and the Court established two classes: (1) all persons in the U.S. who purchased corrugated containers directly from any defendant at any time during the period October 1, 1993 through November 30, 1995; and (2) all individuals and entities who purchased corrugated sheets in the U.S. directly from any of the defendants during the class period from October 1, 1993 through November 30, 1995. The defendants included Stone Container Corporation, Jefferson Smurfit Corp., Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., International Paper Co., Georgia Pacific Corp., Weyerhaeuser Paper Co., Temple-Inland, Inc., Gaylord Container Corp., Union Camp Corp., Tenneco, Inc., Tenneco Packaging, and Packaging Corporation of America. Defendants Temple-Inland Inc. and Gaylord Container Corp. settled these allegations for $8 Million. We assisted potential claimants in filing for settlement.

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