PAUL SPERRY, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Appellant,
v.
CROMPTON CORPORATION et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants.
Court of Appeals of the State of New York.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued January 10, 2007.
Decided February 22, 2007.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP, New York City (J. Douglas Richards and Michael M. Buchman of counsel), Carey & Danis LLP, St. Louis, Missouri (Michael J. Flannery and James J. Rosemergy of counsel), Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP, San Diego, California (Bonney E. Sweeney of counsel), Robbins Umeda & Fink, LLP (Brian J. Robbins of counsel), and Maricic & Goldstein LLP, Rancho Cucamongo, California (David M. Goldstein of counsel), for appellant.
O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C. and New York City (Ian Simmons, Jonathan D. Hacker, Benjamin G. Bradshaw, Mark Davies, Matthew Cosgrove and Nilam A. Sanghvi of counsel), Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California and Washington, D.C. (Daniel G. Swanson, D. Jarrett Arp and Cynthia E. Richman of counsel), Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C. (William D. Iverson and Michael J. Fanelli of counsel), and Jones Day, New York City and Washington, D.C. (J. Andrew Read and Catherine M. Ferrara-Depp of counsel), for respondents.
Andrew Cuomo, Attorney General, New York City (Caitlin J. Halligan, Michelle Aronowitz, Jay L. Himes, Daniel Chepaitis and Sarah Hubbard of counsel), for State of New York, amicus curiae.
Kirby McInerney & Squire, LLP, New York City (Daniel Hume of counsel), for American Antitrust Institute, amicus curiae.
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, New York City (Philip Allen Lacovara, Lauren R. Goldman and Daniel B. Kirschner of counsel), and National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, D.C. (Robin S. Conrad and Amar D. Sarwal, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, amicus curiae.
Labaton Sucharow & Rudoff LLP, New York City (Bernard Persky and Kellie Safar of counsel), Michael Schuster, Washington, D.C., Stacy J. Canan, Sarah Lenz Lock and Bruce Vignery for AARP, amicus curiae.
Chief Judge KAYE and Judges CIPARICK, READ, SMITH and PIGOTT concur; Judge JONES taking no part.
Court of Appeals of the State of New York.
OPINION OF THE COURT
GRAFFEO, J.
Because we conclude that the treble damages provision in General Business Law § 340 serves as a penalty for purposes of CPLR 901 (b), such damages are not recoverable in a class action. We therefore affirm the order of the Appellate Division so holding.
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