BP Products Propane Antitrust Litigation

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Case No.: MDL No. 1801

Leadership Position: Co-Lead Class Counsel

Wexler Boley & Elgersma was appointed Plaintiffs’ Co-Lead Class Counsel in this antitrust class action filed against BP Products North America, Inc. Wexler Boley & Elgersma represented indirect purchasers of propane who were damaged by BP’s unlawful price manipulation after it cornered the propane market in February 2004. In true antitrust, BP was alleged to have manipulated the price of propane through anticompetitive conduct known as cornering the market. On February 10, 2010, the Court approved a settlement with BP worth $15,250,000.