INTERN. RAW MATERIALS, LTD. v. STAUFFER CHEMICAL CO.

No. 89-1546.

898 F.2d 946 (1990)

INTERNATIONAL RAW MATERIALS, LTD., Appellant, v. STAUFFER CHEMICAL COMPANY, TG Soda Ash, Inc., General Chemical Partners, Tenneco Minerals Company, FMC Wyoming Corp., Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp., American Natural Soda Ash Corporation.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 21, 1990.

As Amended March 22, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Berger (argued), H. Laddie Montague, Jr., Howard Langer, Jeffrey Rockman, Berger & Montague, P.C., David W. Marston, Buchanan Ingersoll, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Norman H. Seidler (argued), Coudert Brothers, New York City, Patrick W. Kittredge, Kittredge & Donley, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees, American Natural Soda Ash Corp.

Edward J. Waite, III, General Chemical (Soda Ash) Partners, Parsippany, N.J., for appellee, General Chemical (Soda Ash) Partners.

M. Mason Pattillo, Stauffer Chemical Co., Shelton, Conn., for appellee, Stauffer Chemical Co.

Eugene G. McGuire, Tg Soda Ash, Inc., Stamford, Conn., for appellee, Tg Soda Ash, Inc.

Alan R. Kidston, FMC Wyoming Corp., William R. Jentes, Mark E. Ferguson, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., for appellee, FMC Wyoming Corp.

John M. Badger, Tenneco Minerals Co., Lakewood, Colo., Stephen W. Armstrong, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee, Tenneco Minerals Co.

Carolyn G. Hill, Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp., Oklahoma City, Okl., Alfred H. Wilcox, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, Pa., Thomas W. Johnston, Keck, Mahin & Cate, Chicago, Ill., for appellee, Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, Chief Judge, SCIRICA, Circuit Judge, and POLITAN, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiff, International Raw Materials, Ltd. ("IRM"), from a summary dismissal of a suit alleging that the defendants, who include the major producers of soda ash in the United States, conspired to fix the rates of domestic terminalling services for soda ash in violation of § 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1-7 (1988). The district court,

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