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CARPET GROUP INTERN. v. ORIENTAL RUG IMPORTERS

No. 99-5931.

227 F.3d 62 (2000)

CARPET GROUP INTERNATIONAL; Emmert Elsea, v. ORIENTAL RUG IMPORTERS ASSOCIATION, INC.; Bashian Bros., Inc.; Alfandari and Etessami Oriental Rug Co., Inc.; Moussa Etessami & Sons Corp.; Noonoo Rug Co.; Pande Cameron & Co. of New York; Kelaty Rugs International; Daniel Hodges; George Newman; Isaac Etessami. Carpet Group International Corporation and Emmert Elsea, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed September 8, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David U. Fierst (Argued), Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, Washington, DC, Counsel for Appellants.

Christopher Sprigman (Argued), Robert B. Nicholson, United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Washington, DC, Counsel for Amicus-Appellant.

William J. O'Shaughnessy (Argued), McCarter & English, Newark, NJ, Howard M. Nashel, Nashel, Kates, Nussman, Rapone, Ellis & Traum, Hackensack, NJ, Arthur M. Lieberman, Lieberman & Nowak, New York, NY, Stuart Reiser Shapiro & Croland, Hackensack, NJ, Counsel for Appellees.

Coram: RENDELL, ROSENN, Circuit Judges, and O'NEILL, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of an action under the Sherman Act alleging a conspiracy to restrain trade and monopolize the thriving United States market for oriental rugs.1 It requires us to determine, among other things, whether the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act ("FTAIA" or "the Act"), 15 U.S.C. § 6, divested the District Court of subject matter jurisdiction over this action...

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