SIMON v. KEYSPAN CORP.

Docket No. 11-2265-cv.

694 F.3d 196 (2012)

Charles SIMON, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KEYSPAN CORPORATION, Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Sponseller , Law Office of Daniel J. Sponseller, Sewickley, PA, ( Karin E. Fisch , Judith L. Spanier , Natalie S. Marcus , Abbey Spanier Rodd & Abrams, LLP, New York, NY, on the brief) for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John H. Lyons , Tara S. Emory , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee KeySpan Corporation.

Jon R. Roellke , Bingham McCutchen LLP, Washington, DC ( Anthony R. Van Vuren , Bingham McCutchen LLP, Washington, DC, Jeffrey Q. Smith , Laila Abou-Rahme , Bingham McCutchen LLP, New York, NY, on the brief) for Defendant-Appellee Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc.

J. Douglas Richards , Cohen Milstein , New York, N.Y. ( Benjamin D. Brown , Cohen Milstein, New York, NY; Richard M. Brunell , American Antitrust Institute, Washington, DC; Christopher L. Sagers , Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH) for amicus curiae American Antitrust Institute.

Before: WALKER, LYNCH, and DRONEY, Circuit Judges.


JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge:

This appeal requires us to consider whether plaintiff-appellant Charles Simon ("Simon"), a retail consumer of electricity in New York City, can maintain an antitrust action against defendant-appellee KeySpan Corporation ("KeySpan"), a producer of electricity in New York that allegedly colluded with one of its rivals to increase installed capacity prices, and defendant-appellee Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. ("Morgan Stanley"...

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