BUNKER'S GLASS CO. v. PILKINGTON, PLC

Nos. CV-02-0140-PR, CV-02-0175-PR.

75 P.3d 99 (2003)

206 Ariz. 9

BUNKER'S GLASS COMPANY, an Arizona corporation, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellant/Respondent, v. PILKINGTON, PLC, a foreign corporation, Pilkington Libbey-Owens-Ford Co. Inc., a foreign corporation, PPG Industries, Inc., a foreign corporation, Ford Motor Co., a foreign corporation, Guardian Industries Corporation, a foreign corporation, and AFG Industries, Inc., a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellees/Petitioners. Michael R. Gray, M.D., on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellant/Respondent, v. Philip Morris USA Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Lorillard Tobacco Co., Liggett Group, Inc., and Brooke Group, Ltd., Defendants-Appellees/Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

August 25, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis, McKee & Forshey, P.C. by Jeffrey A. McKee, Phoenix, AZ, and Law Offices of George A. Barton, P.C. by George A. Barton, Kansas City, MO, and Law Offices of Thomas H. Brill, by Thomas H. Brill, Leawood, KS, and Shughart, Thomson, Kilroy, Goodwin, Raup, P.C. by Marty Harper and Kelly J. Flood, Phoenix, AZ, Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellant/Respondent Bunker's Glass Company.

Law Offices of Gordon Ball by W. Gordon Ball, Knoxville, TN, and Law Office of Sheldon Lazarow by Sheldon Lazarow, Tucson, AZ, and The Cuneo Law Group, P.C. by Jonathan Cuneo and Daniel Cohen, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellant/Respondent Michael R. Gray, M.D.

Karp, Heurlin & Weiss, P.C. by Bruce R. Heurlin, Tucson, AZ, and Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P. by Laurence Z. Shiekman, Philadelphia, PA, Attorneys for Defendants Appellees/Petitioners Pilkington plc, Pilkington, Libbey-Owens-Ford Co., Inc., fka Pilkington North America.

Bryan Cave L.L.P. by Lawrence G. Scarborough and Kelly A. O'Connor, Phoenix, AZ, and Cravath, Swaine & Moore by Paul M. Dodyk, New York, NY, Attorneys for Defendants-Appellees/Petitioners PPG Industries, Inc.

Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P. by Daniel J. McAuliffe, Phoenix, AZ, and O'Melveny & Myers, L.L.P. by John H. Beisner and Neil K. Gilman, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee/Petitioner Ford Motor Co.

Karp, Heurlin & Weiss, P.C. by Bruce R. Heurlin, Tucson, AZ, and Arnold & Porter by Alexander E. Bennett, and Amy Ralph Mudge, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee/Petitioner Guardian Industries Corporation.

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P. by Donald A. Wall, Phoenix, AZ, and Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P. by Edward A. Geltman and James V. Dick, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee/Petitioner AFG Industries.

Osborn Maledon, P.A. by William J. Maledon and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Phoenix, AZ, and Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, L.L.P. by Darryl L. Snider and Carlos Solis and Michael T. Williams, Los Angeles, CA, and Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, L.L.P. by Kenneth L. Chernof, Washington, DC, and Boies, Schiller and Flexner, L.L.P. by David Boies and Sherab Posel, Armonk, NY, and Boies, Schiller and Flexner, L.L.P. by Donald Flexner and Amy Mauser, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee/Petitioner Philip Morris USA Inc.

Shughart, Thomson, Kilroy, Goodwin, Raup, P.C. by Brian Michael Goodwin and Lori V. Berke, Phoenix, AZ, and Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, by Thomas F. Cullen, Jr. and William V. O'Reilly and Edwin L. Fountain, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee/Petitioner R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Co.

Brown & Bain, P.A. by Howard Ross Cabot, Phoenix, AZ, and Kirkland & Ellis by Colin R. Kass, Washington, DC, Kirkland & Ellis by Stephen Patton and Andrew R. McGaan and Barack S. Echols, Chicago, IL, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee/Petitioner Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

Greenberg Traurig, L.L.P. by Pamela M. Overton and Jennifer M. Dubay, Phoenix, AZ, and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, L.L.P. by Peter D. Isakoff and Holly E. Loiseau, Washington, DC, and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, L.L.P. by Irving Scher, New York, NY, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee/Petitioner Lorillard Tobacco, Co.

Casebolt, Germaine & Driggs, P.L.C. by Sanford J. Germaine, Phoenix, AZ, and Kasowitz, Benson, Torres and Friedman, L.L.P. by Aaron H. Marks, New York, NY, Attorneys for Defendants-Appellees/Petitioners Liggett Group, Inc. and Brooke Group, Ltd.

Janet A. Napolitano, Former Arizona Attorney General, Terry Goddard, Arizona Attorney General by Timothy A. Nelson, Special Assistant Attorney General and David D. Weinzweig, Assistant Attorney General and Paula S. Bickett, Chief Counsel, Civil Appeals Section, Phoenix, AZ, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae State of Arizona.

Hagens, Berman & Mitchell, L.L.C. by Christopher A. O'Hara, Phoenix, AZ, and Sullivan & Cromwell by David B. Tulchin and Joseph E. Neuhaus and Jeremy T. Kamras, New York, N.Y., and Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, L.L.P. by Robert A. Rosenfeld, San Francisco, CA, and Microsoft Corporation by Richard Wallis and Thomas W. Burt and Steven J. Aeschbacher, Redmond, WA, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Microsoft Corporation.

Irvine Van Riper, P.A. by Thomas K. Irvine, Phoenix, AZ, and American Antitrust Institute by Warren S. Grimes and Albert Foer, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae American Antitrust Institute.


OPINION

BERCH, Justice.

¶ 1 The Arizona Antitrust Act provides that "[a] person ... injured in his business or property by a violation of this article may bring an action for ... damages sustained." Ariz.Rev.Stat. ("A.R.S.") § 44-1408(B) (2003). The Defendants in these consolidated cases ask us to hold that an indirect purchaser who is able to prove injury to business or property from an antitrust violation does not fall within the scope of this...

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