VALSPAR CORP. v. E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND CO.

No. 16-1345.

873 F.3d 185 (2017)

VALSPAR CORPORATION; Valspar Sourcing, Inc., Appellant v. E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: September 14, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Lockhart [Argued], James P. McCarthy , Kathryn E. Wendt , Lindquist & Vennum, 80 South 8th Street, 2000 IDS Center, Minneapolis, MN 55402, Frederick L. Cottrell, III , Jason J. Rawnsley , Chad M. Shandler , Richards Layton & Finger, 920 North King Street, One Rodney Square, Wilmington, DE 19801, Counsel for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Randa Adra , Crowell & Moring, 590 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10022, Clifton S. Elgarten , Shari R. Lahlou [Argued], Benjamin C. Wastler , Crowell & Moring, 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20004 Kathleen F. McDonough , John A. Sensing , Potter Anderson & Corroon, 1313 North Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19801, Counsel for Defendant-Appellee.

Richard M. Brunell , American Antitrust Institute, Suite 1100, 1730. Rhode Island Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036, Counsel for American Antitrust Institute as Amicus Curiae in support of Plaintiff-Appellant.

Before: HARDIMAN and KRAUSE, Circuit Judges, and STENGEL, Chief District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

This appeal involves an alleged conspiracy to fix prices in the titanium dioxide industry in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act. Appellant Valspar, a purchaser of titanium dioxide, claimed Appellee DuPont conspired with other titanium dioxide suppliers to fix prices. Valspar argued that...

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