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IN RE MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Nos. 05-4303, 05-4307.

477 F.3d 535 (2007)

In re MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE ANTITRUST LITIGATION. Inquivosa SA; Petbowe Chemtrade Corporation; Plus Sun Company, Ltd.; MCC Menssing Chemiehandel & Consultants GMBH; Newco Trading Company, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. Ajinomoto Company, Inc.; Ajinomoto USA, Inc.; Orsan S.A.; Cheil Jedang Corporation; C.J. America, Inc., Defendants/Appellees, Miwon Company, Ltd.; Daesang America, Inc., Defendants, Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.; Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Company, Ltd.; Vedan Enterprises Group, formerly known as Tung Hai Fermentation Industrial Corporation, Defendants/Appellees, Ajinomoto Europe, Defendant. Government of Japan, Amicus on Behalf of Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 8, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Lockridge, argued, Minneapolis, MN (Heidi M. Silton, Samuel D. Heins and Susan E. MacMenamin, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief, Michael D. Hausfeld and Brian A. Ratner, Washington, DC, on the brief), for appellant.

Ruth E. Harlow, argued, New York, NY (Lawrence Byrne, Lance Croffoot-Suede, Martin S. Bloor, A. Paul Victor, James F. Lerner, and Christopher V. Roberts, New York, NY, on the brief, Joseph T. Dixon, Jr., Scott A. Neilson, William L. Greene, Skip Dorocher, Eric A. Ruzicka, and Michael A. Lindsay, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief, Barry F. McNeil, Ronald W. Breaux, and Jacqueline K. Shipchandler, Dallas, TX, on the brief, Michael R. Lazerwitz and Steven J. Kaiser, Washington, DC, on the brief), for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellants appeal from the district court's1 dismissal of their complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm.

I.

The appellants are foreign corporations that purchased monosodium glutamate (MSG) and nucleotides from the appellees in transactions that occurred outside the United States. They contend that the appellees participated in a global price-fixing and market allocation scheme...

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