Multi District Litigation

MDL 3030

Deere & Company Repair Services Antitrust Litigation
- Judge Iain D. Johnston

MDL 3030
Deere & Company Repair Services Antitrust Litigation
- Judge Iain D. Johnston




Plaintiffs' Interim Liaison Counsel
Foote, Mielke, Chavez & O'Neil, LLC
Robert M. Foote
Kathleen C. Chavez

Plaintiffs' Interim Local Facilitating Counsel
Williams McCarthy, LLP
Marc C. Gravino

Plaintiffs' Interim Co-Lead Counsel
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP
Adam J. Zapala
Elizabeth T. Castillo

Wexler Boley & Elgersma LLP
Kenneth A. Wexler
Justin N. Boley

Gustafson Gluek PLLC
Daniel C. Hedlund
Kaitlyn L. Dennis

Plaintiffs' Interim Steering Committee
Jeffrey Kodroff (chair) - Spector, Roseman & Kodroff, P.C.
Lee Albert - Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP
Eric Artrip - Mastando & Artrip, LLC
Garrett Blanchfield - Reinhardt Wendorf & Blanchfield
Virginia Buchanan - Levin Papantonio Rafferty Proctor Buchanan O'Brien Barr
David Cialkowski - Zimmerman Reed, PLLP
David Kuang - Audet & Partners, LLP
Mindee Reuben - Lite DePalma Greenberg & Afanador, LLC
Jennifer Sprengel - Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP
Peggy Wedgworth - Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC
Robin Zwerling - Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling, LLP

Defendant's Lead Counsel
Jones Day
Tiffany D. Lipscomb-Jackson
John M. Majoras


For in-person hearings, the Court will provide a phone line for the public to listen by phone.  The call-in number is 888-557-8511 and the access code is 2660444.  Persons granted remote access to proceedings are reminded of the general prohibition against photographing, recording, and rebroadcasting of court proceedings.  Violation of these prohibitions may result in sanctions.  People attending by phone will be muted and thus will not be able to participate in in-person hearings.


Judge Ian D. Johnston  U.S. District Court Judge
Judge Johnston’s court webpage may be accessed by cutting and pasting the following link into your web browser: https://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/judge-info.aspx?Bt1LmR2QgBbCj2VD6w9tXA==

Courthouse Address
327 South Church Street
Rockford, IL 61101

Courtroom Room Number:5200

Operations Specialists
Yvonne Pedroza 
Room 2200 
Tel.: (779) 772-8609
Yvonne_Pedroza@ilnd.uscourts.gov

Chambers Room Number: 6200
(815) 987-4255

Court Reporter
Heather Perkins-Reiva
Room5406
(779) 772-8309
Order Transcript

Persons requesting a daily or hourly transcript of a trial or other evidentiary hearing that may reasonably be expected to last more than one day should contact the Court Reporter at least five business days prior to the first day of such proceedings.




Case #PlaintiffDefendantOrig. District Case #Originating DistrictDate Closed
1:22-cv-00188Forest River FarmsDeere & Co.06/15/2022
1:22-cv-03015WellsDeere & Co3:22-cv-00074Alabama Northern06/21/2022
1:23-cv-10120BrownL'Oreal USA, Inc.
1:23-cv-11411LunffordRevlon Inc.
3:22-cv-50030Plum Ridge Farms, Ltd.Deere & Co.
3:22-cv-50039BrownDeere & Co.
3:22-cv-50078Eagle Lake Farms PartnershipDeere & Co.
3:22-cv-50090Lloyd Family FarmsDeere & Co.
3:22-cv-50171DelineDeere & Co.
3:22-cv-50188Deere & Company Repair Services Antitrust Litigati
3:22-cv-50189WellsDeere & Co3:22-cv-00074Alabama Northern
3:22-cv-50190FerrellDeere & Co5:22-cv-00157Oklahoma Western09/07/2022
3:22-cv-50191UnderwoodDeere & Co. (d/b/a John Deere)4:22-cv-00005Tennessee Eastern
3:22-cv-50202casselburyDeere & Co.4:22-cv-04049Illinois Central
3:22-cv-50203Hapka Farms, Inc.Deere & Co.0:22-cv-00503Minnesota
3:22-cv-50204JohnsonDeere & Co.1:22-cv-00047Mississippi Northern
3:22-cv-50208Forest River FarmsDeere & Co.
3:22-cv-50223CronquistDeere & Co.
3:22-cv-50227Colvin FarmsDeere & Company1:22-cv-00126Florida Northern
3:22-cv-50228DeLoachDeere & Co.
3:22-cv-50243PerryDeere & Co.
3:22-cv-50294Robbins Family Grain, LLCDeere & Company03/08/2023




A telephonic status hearing is set for April 4, 2024, at 9:30AM.  Members of the media and the public may listen to the proceedings by calling 888-557-8511 and using access code 2660444#.  Persons granted remote access to proceedings are reminded of the general prohibition against photographing, recording, and rebroadcasting of court proceedings.  Violation of these prohibitions may result in sanctions.








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