Southern District of Mississippi Judge Louis Guirola, Jr., has refused to dismiss price fixing claims against major plywood producers Georgia-Pacific, Weyerhaeuser, and Louisiana Pacific with respect to purchases of (1) plywood made after November 2004 and (2) OSB. Claims based on earlier plywood purchases were deemed barred by the expiration of the statute of limitations. An earlier complaint had been dismissed with leave to amend. The amended complaint alleged that the defendants had manipulated prices by (1) closing or idling structural plants in a coordinated fashion to manipulate and (2) sharing sensitive pricing and marketing information. The court held that plaintiffs allegations of specific information exchanges and communications were sufficient to state a conspiracy claim.