WAH CHANG v. DUKE ENERGY TRADING AND MARKETING

Nos. 05-55367, 05-55369.

507 F.3d 1222 (2007)

WAH CHANG, a division of TDY Industries, Inc., a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DUKE ENERGY TRADING AND MARKETING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; Reliant Energy Services Inc., a Delaware corporation; Transalta Energy Marketing (California), Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Wah Chang, a division of TDY Industries, Inc., a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Avista Corporation, a Washington corporation; Avista Energy, INC., a Washington corporation; Avista Power LLC, a Washington limited liability company; Dynegy Power Marketing, Inc., a Texas corporation; El Paso Electric Company, a Texas corporation; IDACORP Inc., an Idaho corporation; Idaho Power Company, an Idaho corporation; IDACORP Energy, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership; Portland General Electric Company, an Oregon corporation; Powerex Corporation, a British Columbia corporation; Puget Energy, Inc., a Washington corporation; Puget Sound Energy, Inc., a Washington corporation; Sempra Energy, a California corporation; Sempra Energy Resources, a California corporation; Sempra Energy Trading, a Delaware corporation; Williams Power Company Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Finklea, Cable Huston Benedict Haagensen & Lloyd, LLP, Portland, OR; Richard H. Williams, Lane Powell PC, Portland, OR, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Gordon P. Erspamer, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Walnut Creek, CA, for defendants-appellees Transalta Energy Marketing (U.S.), Inc., Transalta Energy Marketing (California), Inc., IDACORP, Inc., Idaho Power Company, and IDACORP Energy L.P.; David M. Jacobson, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Seattle, WA, for defendants-appellees Avista Corporation, Avista Energy, Inc., and Avista Power, LLC; Joel B. Kleinman, Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, L.L.C.; Michael J. Kass, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellee Dynegy Power Marketing, Inc.; Kenneth R. Heitz, Irell & Manella LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellee El Paso Electric Company; Steven M. Wilker, Tonkon Torp, LLP, Portland, OR, for defendant-appellee Portland General Electric Company; Andrew M. Edison, Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP, Houston, TX, for defendant-appellee Powerex Corp.; Thomas L. Boeder, Perkins Coie, LLP, Seattle, WA, for defendants-appellees Puget Energy, Inc. and Puget Sound Energy, Inc.; Terry J. Houlihan, Bingham McCutchen, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellee Reliant Energy Services, Inc.; Michael J. Weaver, Latham & Watkins, LLP, San Diego, CA, for defendants-appellees Sempra Energy, Sempra Energy Resources, and Sempra Energy Trading Corp.; Jeffrey M. Shohet, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary U.S. LLP, San Diego, CA, for defendant-appellee Williams Power Company Inc.

Before: HARRY PREGERSON, FERDINAND F. FERNANDEZ and PAMELA ANN RYMER, Circuit Judges.


Opinion by Judge FERNANDEZ; Dissent by Judge PREGERSON.

FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:

Wah Chang, a division of TDY Industries, Inc., a California corporation, appeals the district court's dismissal of its actions against Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, L.L.C., Avista Corporation, and a multitude of other companies (all hereafter referred to as the Energy Companies). Wah Chang, whose complaints arise out of the energy crisis of 2000-2001, seeks to recover damages...

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