IN RE AUTOMOTIVE PARTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION

No. 20-1599.

997 F.3d 677 (2021)

IN RE: AUTOMOTIVE PARTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION and In re: Anti-Vibrational Rubber Parts Cases, End-Payor Actions. Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs, Interested Parties-Appellees, v. Yamashita Rubber Company, Ltd.; YUSA Corporation; DTR Industries, Inc.; Bridgestone Corporation; Bridgestone APM Company; Toyo Tire & Rubber Company, Ltd.; Toyo Tire North America OE Sales LLC; Toyo Automotive Parts (USA), Inc., Sumitomo Riko Company Limited, fna Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 14, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Zachary D. Tripp , WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. David H. Fink , FINK BRESSACK, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Zachary D. Tripp , WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP, Washington, D.C., Adam C. Hemlock , David Yolkut , WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP, New York, New York, Frederick R. Juckniess , JUCKNIESS LAW FIRM PLC, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Matthew J. Turchyn , HERTZ SCHRAM PC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Robert N. Hochman , SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP, Chicago, Illinois, Joanne G. Swanson , KERR, RUSSELL AND WEBER, PLC, Detroit, Michigan, J. Clayton Everett, Jr. , MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP, Washington, D.C., Larry J. Saylor , MILLER, CANFIELD, PADDOCK & STONE P.L.C., Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants. David H. Fink , Nathan J. Fink , FINK BRESSACK, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for Appellees.

Before: BATCHELDER, GRIFFIN, and BUSH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Under federal antitrust law, a private plaintiff generally must be a "direct purchaser" to have suffered injury and thus have standing to sue a manufacturer or supplier. In Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois, however, the Supreme Court recognized an exception to the direct-purchaser rule, holding...

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