KLEEN PRODUCTS LLC v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC LLC

No. 17-2808.

910 F.3d 927 (2018)

KLEEN PRODUCTS LLC, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC LLC and WestRock CP, LLC, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 7, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Freed , Steven A. Kanner , Robert J. Wozniak , Attorneys, FREED KANNER LONDON & MILLEN LLC, Bannockburn, IL, Aaron Martin Panner , Attorney, KELLOGG, HANSEN, TODD, FIGEL & FREDERICK PLLC, Washington, DC, Daniel J. Mogin , Jodie M. Williams , Attorneys, MOGIN LAW FIRM, P.C., San Diego, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Rakesh Nageswar Kilaru , Beth Wilkinson , Attorneys, WILKINSON WALSH & ESKOVITZ LLP, Catherine E. Stetson , Eugene Alexis Sokoloff , Attorneys, HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee GEORGIA-PACIFIC LLC.

James Franklin Herbison , Michael P. Mayer , Attorneys, WINSTON & STRAWN LLP, Chicago, IL, Elizabeth Petrela Papez , Attorney, WINSTON & STRAWN LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee WESTROCK CP, LLC.

James Timothy McKeown , Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY.

Scott M. Mendel , Attorney, K&L GATES LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant NORAMPAC INDUSTRIES, INC.

Andrew S. Marovitz , Attorney, MAYER BROWN LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant TEMPLE-INLAND, INC.

Margaret H. Warner , Attorney, MCDERMOTT, WILL & EMERY, Washington, DC, for Defendant WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Bauer and Rovner, Circuit Judges.


Oligopolies have always posed problems for conventional antitrust law: without something that can be called an agreement, they elude scrutiny under section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, and yet no individual firm has enough market power to be subject to Sherman Act section 2, 15 U.S.C. § 2. Tacit collusion is...

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