ANIMAL SCIENCE PRODUCTS, INC. v. CHINA MINMETALS

No. 10-2288.

654 F.3d 462 (2011)

ANIMAL SCIENCE PRODUCTS, INC., Appellant v. CHINA MINMETALS CORPORATION; China National Co., Ltd.; Xiyang Group; Xiyang (Pacific) Import & Export Ltd. Company; Xiyang Refractory Materials Ltd. Company; Xiyang Fireproof Materials Ltd. Company; Sinosteel Corporation; Sinosteel Trading Company; Liaoning Jiayi Metals & Minerals Co., Ltd.; Liaoning Foreign Trade General Corporation; Liaoning Jinding Magnesite Group; Dalian Golden Sun Import & Export Corp.; Haicheng Houying Corp. Ltd.; Haicheng Huayu Group Import & Export Co. Ltd. (Huaziyu); Haicheng Pailou Magnesite Ore Co. Ltd.; Yingkou Huachen (Group) Co. Ltd.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: August 17, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Isaacson (Argued), Jennifer Milici , Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, 5301 Washington, D.C., David S. Stone , Robert A. Magnanini , Amy Walker Wagner , Stone & Magnanini LLP, Short Hills, NJ, Richard E. Donovan , Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Parsippany, NJ, for Plaintiffs-Appellants, Animal Science Products, Inc. and Resco Products, Inc.

Jonathan S. Caplan (Argued), Timothy J. Helwick , Mark A. Baghdassarian , Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees, Sinosteel Corporation, Sinosteel Trading Company, Liaoning Jiayi Metals & Minerals Co., Ltd.

Michael L. Weiner (Argued), Shepard Goldfein , Thomas Pak , Sean M. Tepe , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees, China Minmetals Corporation and China National Minerals Co., Ltd.

Before: FUENTES, CHAGARES, Circuit Judges, and POLLAK, District Judge.


OPINION

CHAGARES, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Animal Science Products, Inc. and Resco Products, Inc. appeal the District Court's dismissal of their First Amended Complaint, in part without prejudice, on the basis that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction under the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act of 1982 (the "FTAIA"), 15 U.S.C. § 6a. For the reasons that follow, we will vacate and remand.

I.

The plaintiffs are domestic purchasers...

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