SPECTRUM STORES, INC. v. CITGO PETROLEUM CORP.

No. 09-20084.

632 F.3d 938 (2011)

SPECTRUM STORES, INC.; Major Oil Company, Inc.; W.C. Rice Oil Company; Fast Break Foods, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION; Saudi Arabian Oil Company, doing business as Saudi Aramco; Saudi Petroleum International, Inc.; Aramco Services Company; Saudi Refining, Inc.; Motiva Enterprises, LLC; Petroleos De Venezuela SA; PDV America, Inc.; PDV Midwest Refining, LLC; PDV Holding, Inc.; Open Joint Stock Company, "Oil Company Lukoil", also known as Lukoil Holdings, also known as Lukoil OAO, also known as OAO Lukoil; Lukoil Americas Corporation; Getty Petroleum Marketing; Lukoil International Trading and Supply Company; Lukoil Pan Americas, LLC, Defendants-Appellees. Spectrum Stores, Inc.; Major Oil Company, Inc.; W.C. Rice Oil Company, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Citgo Petroleum Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Fast Break Foods, LLC, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Saudi Arabian Oil Company, doing business as Saudi Aramco; Saudi Petroleum International, Inc.; Aramco Services Company; Saudi Refining, Inc.; Motiva Enterprises, LLC; Petroleos De Venezuela SA; PDV America, Inc.; Citgo Petroleum Corporation; PDV Midwest Refining, LLC; PDV Holding, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Green Oil Co., on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Saudi Arabian Oil Company, doing business as Saudi Aramco; Saudi Petroleum International.Inc.; Aramco Services Company; Saudi Refining, Inc.; Motiva Enterprises, LLC; Petroleos De Venezuela SA; PDV America, Inc.; Citgo Petroleum Corporation; PDV Holding, Inc.; PDV Midwest Refining, LLC; Open Joint Stock Company, "Oil Company Lukoil" also known as Lukoil Holdings, also known as Lukoil OAO, also known as OAO Lukoil; Lukoil Americas Corporation; Getty Petroleum Marketing, Inc.; Lukoil Pan Americas, LLC, Defendants-Appellees. Countrywide Petroleum Co.; Fast Break Foods, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Petroleos De Venezuela SA; PDV America, Inc.; Citgo Petroleum Corporation; PDV Holding, Inc.; PDV Midwest Refining, LLC, Defendants-Appellees. Fast Break Foods, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Central Ohio Energy, Inc., on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated; Fast Break Foods, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Saudi Arabian Oil Company, doing business as Saudi Aramco; Saudi Petroleum International, Inc.; Aramco Services Company; Saudi Refining, Inc.; Motiva Enterprises, LLC; Petroleos De Venezuela SA; PDV America, Inc.; Citgo Petroleum Corporation; PDV Holding, Inc.; PDV Midwest Refining, LLC; Open Joint Stock Company, "Oil Company Lukoil", also known as Lukoil Holdings, also known as Lukoil OAO, also known as OAO Lukoil; Lukoil Americas Corporation; Lukoil Pan Americas, LLC; Getty Petroleum Marketing, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 8, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Gotfryd , Arthur T. Susman , Susman, Heffner & Hurst, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Lauren Blair , Pedersen & Houpt, P.C., Chicago, IL, John A. Cochrane , Naples, FL, James Bernard Sloan , Lake Forest, IL, for Fast Break Foods, LLC.

William A. Isaacson , Hamish PM Hume (argued), Boies, Schiller & Flexner, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Countrywide Petroleum Co.

Nathan P. Eimer (argued), Chad J. Doellinger , Andrew G. Klevom , Eimer, Stahl, Klevorn & Solberg, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, Richard, N. Carrell , Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Citgo Petroleum Co.

Carolyn B. Lamm (argued), Hansel Tuan Pham , Anne Davies Smith , Jonathan C. Ulrich , White & Case, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Robert A. Milne , Raj Suresh Gandesha , Robert A. Milne , Thomas J. O'Sullivan , John D. Rue , White & Case, L.L.P., New York City, Warren W. Harris , Carrin Foreman Patman , Bracewell & Giuliani, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Mark Scott Bernstein , Barack, Ferrazzano, Kirschbaum & Nagelberg, Chicago, IL, for Motiva Enterprises, L.L.C.

Tom McNamara , Dale R. Harris , Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, Denver, CO, for PDV America, Inc. and PDV Holding, Inc.

James Patrick Tuite , Catherine Fairley Spillman , Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Lukoil Americas Corp., Getty Petroleum Marketing, Inc. and Lukoil Pan Americas, LLC.

Douglas Neal Letter , Lewis Stanley Yelun , U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., App. Staff, Washington, DC, for U.S.

John Barney Beckworth , Watt, Beckworth, Thompson & Henneman, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Fed. Republic of Nigeria.

Thomas Miles Farrell , Nickens, Keeton, Lawless, Farrell & Flack, Houston, TX, for People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.

Neil H. Koslowe , Shearman & Sterling, Washington, DC, for United Arab Emirates.

Charles Eric Talisman , Patton Boggs, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for State of Qatar.

Douglas R. Cox , Geoffrey M. Sigler , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Government of State of Kuwait.

William Allen Gage, Jr. , Ann Elizabeth Webb , Buck, Keenan, Gage, Little & Lindley, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Republic of Iraq.

Thomas T. Hutcheson , Winstead, P.C., Justin Joseph Presnal , Fisher, Boyd, Brown, Boudreaux & Huguenard, Houston, TX, for Republic of Indonesia.

Matthew D. Slater , Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for United Mexican States.

Gregory Scott Coleman, Sr. Atty., Edward Caldwell Dawson , Marc S. Tabolsky , Yetter Coleman, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Russian Federation.

William Leitzsey Monts, III , Catherine Emily Stetson , Hogan Lovells, US, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Before JOLLY, WIENER, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

This case involves two class actions brought by gasoline retailers against oil production companies (most of which are owned in whole or in part by OPEC member nations), alleging antitrust violations. After consolidation of the suits for disposition of pre-trial matters, the oil production companies moved to dismiss. The district court granted dismissal on the ground that disposing of the case...

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