CASCADE STEEL v. C. ITOH & CO. (AMERICA)

Civ. A. No. 78-875-RE.

499 F.Supp. 829 (1980)

CASCADE STEEL ROLLING MILLS, INC., an Oregon Corporation, Plaintiff, v. C. ITOH AND CO. (AMERICA) INC., a New York Corporation; Kanematsu-Gosho (U.S.A.), Inc., a New York Corporation; Marubeni America Corp., a New York Corporation; Mitsubishi International Corp., a New York Corporation; Mitsui and Co. (U.S.A.) Inc., a New York Corporation; Nichimen Co., Inc., a New York Corporation; Nissho-Iwai American Corp., a New York Corporation; Sumitomo Corporation of America, a New York Corporation; C. Itoh and Co., Ltd., a Japanese Corporation; Kanematsu-Gosho, Ltd., a Japanese Corporation; Marubenie Corp., a Japanese Corporation; Mitsubishi Corp., a Japanese Corporation; Mitsui and Co., Ltd., a Japanese Corporation; Nichimen and Co., Ltd., a Japanese Corporation; NisshoIwai Co., Ltd., a Japanese Corporation; Sumitomo Shoji Kaisha, Ltd., a Japanese Corporation; Toyomenka (America) Inc., a New York Corporation; Toyo Menka Kaisha, Ltd., a Japanese Corporation; Nippon Steel Corp., a Japanese Corporation; Nippon Steel USA, Inc., a New York Corporation; Tokai Steel Works, Ltd. (Tokai Kogyo K. K.), a Japanese Corporation; Toshin Steel Co., Ltd. (Toshin Seiko K. K.), a Japanese Corporation; Tokyo Tekko Co., Ltd., a Japanese Corporation; Tokyo Steel Mfg. Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Seitetsu K. K.), a Japanese Corporation; Sanko Steel Works Co., Ltd. (Sanko Seiko Co., Ltd.), a Japanese Corporation; defendants.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

August 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce M. Hall, Peter F. Stoloff, Susan E. Watts, Daniel M. Ricks, Bruce MacGregor Hall, P. C., Portland, Or., Willard L. Cushing, Cushing, Johnstone & Peterson, P. C., McMinnville, Or., for plaintiff.

Donald W. McEwen, Hardy, McEwen, Newman, Faust & Hanna, Portland, Or., Margaret K. Pfeiffer, Michael M. Maney, Sullivan & Cromwell, Washington, D. C., for defendants Nippon Steel USA, Inc., Nippon Steel Corp.

Barnes H. Ellis, Gregory R. Mowe, Stoel, Rives, Boley, Fraser & Wyse, Portland, Or., for defendants Nissho-Iwai American Corporation, Nissho-Iwai Co., Ltd.

Donald J. Friedman, E. Sean Donahue, Black, Kendall, Tremaine, Boothe & Higgins, Portland, Or., for defendant Sanko Steel Works Co., Ltd.

Jack L. Kennedy, Garr M. King, Kennedy, King & McClurg, Portland, Or., for defendants Sumitomo Corporation of America, Sumitomo Shoji Kaisha, Ltd.

Gordon F. Hampton, Finley L. Taylor, Carlton A. Varner, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Los Angeles, Cal., Norman A. Stoll, Stoll & Stoll, Portland, Or., for defendant Tokyo Steel Mfg. Co., Ltd.

William B. Crow, M. Christie Helmer, Miller, Nash, Yerke, Wiener & Hagen, Portland, Or., Harold Baer, Jr., Guggenheimer & Untermyer, New York City, for defendants Toyo Menka Kaisha, Ltd., Toyomenka (America) Corp.

Wayne Hilliard, James H. Clarke, Spears, Lubersky, Campbell & Bledsoe, Portland, Or., for defendants Marubeni American Corporation, Marubeni Corp.

James R. Moore, Thomas M. Triplett, Souther, Spaulding, Kinsey, Williamson & Schwabe, Portland, Or., John K. Hart, Robert H. Takeuchi, Kindel & Anderson, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants C. Itoh & Co. (America) Inc., C. Itoh & Co., Ltd.

William P. Buren, John G. Holden, Wood, Tatum, Mosser, Brooke & Holden, Portland, Or., Patrick H. Sullivan, James S. Morris, Whitman & Ransom, New York City, for defendants Kanematsu-Gosho (U.S.A.), Inc., Kanematsu-Gosho, Ltd.

Terry W. Baker, Barbee B. Lyon, Tonkon, Torp & Galen, Portland, Or., Malcolm T. Dungan, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., Alvin L. Kassel, Alan J. Neuwirth, Rathheim, Hoffman, Kassel & Silverman, New York City, Oliver F. Green, Jr., Robert G. Lane, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants Mitsubishi International Corporation, Mitsubishi Corp.

Gerson F. Goldsmith, Goldsmith, Siegel & Engel, Portland, Or., Mark R. Steinberg, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc., Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

Barry E. Cohen, Paul H. Friedman, Arter Hadden & Hemmendinger, Washington, D. C., Paul R. Duden, Tooze, Kerr, Marshall & Shenker, Portland, Or., for defendants Nichimen Co., Inc., Nichimen Co., Ltd., Tokai Steel Works, Ltd., Toshin Steel Co., Ltd., Tokyo Tekko Co., Ltd.


REDDEN, District Judge:

Plaintiff, Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, Inc. (Cascade Steel), brought this antitrust action alleging violations of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1 and 2, the Clayton Act 15 U.S.C. § 13(a), the Wilson Tariff Act, 15 U.S.C. § 8, and the Antidumping Act, 15 U.S.C. § 72. Defendants are Japanese corporations, and in some instances their American subsidiaries,1 engaged in the manufacture, importation...

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