AT & T MOBILITY LLC v. AU OPTRONICS CORP.

No. 11-16188.

707 F.3d 1106 (2013)

AT & T MOBILITY LLC; AT & T Corp.; AT & T Services, Inc.; Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc.; Pacific Bell Telephone Company; AT & T Operations, Inc.; AT & T Datacomm, Inc.; Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION; AU Optronics Corporation America, Inc.; Chi Mei Corporation; Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corporation; Chi Mei Optoelectronics USA, Inc.; CMO Japan Co., Ltd.; Nexgen Mediatech, Inc.; Nexgen Mediatech USA, Inc.; Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd.; Tatung Company of America, Inc.; Epson Imaging Devices Corporation; Epson Electronics America, Inc.; Hannstar Display Corporation; LG Display Co., Ltd.; LG Display America, Inc.; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.; Samsung Electronics America, Inc.; Sharp Corporation; Sharp Electronics Corporation; Toshiba Corporation; Toshiba America Electronics Components, Inc.; Toshiba Mobile Display Technology Co., Ltd.; Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 14, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ethan P. Schulman (argued), Crowell & Moring LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Richard S. Taffet (argued), Bingham McCutchen LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.

Emilio E. Varanini (argued), for Amicus Curiae the State of California.

Before: RONALD M. GOULD and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges, and KEVIN T. DUFFY, District Judge.


OPINION

M. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

The district court has certified to us pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) "the question whether the application of California antitrust law to claims against defendants based on purchases that occurred outside California would violate the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution." Because the underlying conduct in this case involves not just the indirect purchase of price-fixed goods, but also the conspiratorial...

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