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STROMBERG v. QUALCOMM INC.

No. 19-15159.

14 F.4th 1059 (2021)

Karen STROMBERG; Samuel Roecker; Thomas Lammel; Mary Galloway; Danielle Lagrave; Thomas McMahon; Boardsports School LLC; Patrick Benad; Lindsey Carr; Renee Acosta; Patricia Burness; Carol Harris; Robert Links; Nichelle Lyons; Nuala Vignoles; Rachel L. Miller; John William Kiefer III; Matthew Mitchell; Susan Gonzalez-Pender; Terese Russell; Sarah Key; Dalia Zatlin; Beth Crandall; Clarissa Simon; Kendall Martin; Rodrigo Sapla; Rebecca Davis; Thomas McManus; Kimberly Scavone; Melissa Ju; Chris Thompson; Martha Countess; Karen Hood; Jaime Martin; Adrian Esteban; Jeffrey Davis; Ericsson Broadbent; Paul Scott Ervin; Caralyn Tada; Nagore Miles; Bethany Rising; Jiying Spencer; Dayan Crutcher; Catherine Schmidlin; Allison Tripp; Lindsay Smith; Katie Smith; Kirsten Luenz; Laurel Vener; Stephen Judge; Seth Salenger; Scott Hansen; Joseph Kovacevich; Michelle Reynolds; George Marut; Janet Ackerman; Alan Schlaikjer; Lori Landes; Joyce Grantz; Gabrielle Kurdt; John Solak; Todd Espinosa; Andrew Westley; Laura Hallahan; Mary C. McDevitt; Padraic J. Brennan; Jason Schwartz; Suzanne Block; Kevin Calero; Carlo Endozo Caringal; Ian Carson; Andre Cruz; Lucas Rangel Ferreira; Masood Javaherian; David Koplovitz; Brian Letulle; Deirdre McElhaney; Carmen Minon; Erica Minon; Gabriel Minon; Betsy Santiago; Javier Santiago; Peter Yee; Alicia Hadnett; Daniel Carroll; Debra Grasl; Amanda Newsome; David Kreuzer; Armando Herrera; Eden Wagner; Neil Wagner; Allan Rotman; Shari Cole; Phillip James Zacharias; Mary Beth Cummins; Guy Snowdy; Cynthia Bambini; Grant Hauschild; David Floyd; Kim Coughlin; Brandon Fuller; Lisa Patnode; Nina Bartoshevich; Leonidas Miras; James Clark, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Jordie Bornstein; Cordt Byrne; Elliot Carter; Jeff Ciotti; Dwight Dickerson; Matthew Christianson; Logan Griesemer; Ryan Hart; William Horton; Steve Krug; Gail Margolis; Kate Mortensen; Alyssa Nee; Christopher Whalen; Stephan Farid Wozniak; Christopher Zayas-Bazan; David Carney; Julie Ewald; Tom Parkin; Brian Depperschmidt; Brandon Steele; Kyle Weber; Craig Housenick; Ryan Margulis; Richard Rizzo; Guy Dietrich; Jeffrey M. Kurzon; Susan Nagy; Nicolas Yousif; Scott Frederick; Charles Poon; Andrea Hogan; Tina Heim; Monica Morrow; Mark Cardillo; Allison Shipp; Michelle Mackay; Colleen Sparke; Janet Silverness; Melanie Barclay; Tiffany Ringo; Hallie Lingo; Crystal Hohenthaner; Daniel K. Brendtro; Daniel Delier; Paul Nelson; Catherine Kaderavek; Karen Carlet; David Waring; Leon Theodore Lipka III, Plaintiffs, v. QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submission Withdrawn March 3, 2020.

Resubmitted September 21, 2021 San Francisco, California.

Filed September 29, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Van Nest (argued), Eugene M. Paige , Steven A. Hirsch , Cody S. Harris , and Justina Sessions , Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP, San Francisco, California; Gary A. Bornstein and Yonatan Even , Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, New York; Richard S. Taffet , Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, New York; Willard K. Tom , Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, D.C.; Geoffrey T. Holtz , Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco, California; for Defendant-Appellant.

Kalpana Srinivasan (argued), Susman Godfrey LLP, Los Angeles, California; Joseph W. Cotchett (argued), Michael A. Montaño (argued), Adam Zapala , and Tamarah Prevost , Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy LLP, Burlingame, California; Marc M. Seltzer (argued), Steven G. Sklaver , Amanda Bonn , Oleg Elkhunovich , Krysta Kauble Pachman , and Lora Krsulich , Susman Godfrey LLP, Los Angeles, California; Joseph Grinstein , Susman Godfrey LLP, Houston, Texas; Katherine M. Peaslee , Susman Godfrey LLP, Seattle, Washington; Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, Washington; Jeffrey D. Friedman and Rio S. Pierce , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Oakland, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Mary Helen Wimberly (argued) and Kristen C. Limarzi , Attorneys; William J. Rinner , Chief of Staff and Senior Counsel; Michael F. Murray , Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Andrew C. Finch , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Makan Delrahim , Assistant Attorney General; Antitrust Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Jeff Landry , Attorney General; Elizabeth Baker Murrill , Solicitor General; Louisiana Department of Justice, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Dave Yost , Attorney General; Benjamin M. Flowers , State Solicitor; Office of the Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio; Ken Paxton , Attorney General; Kyle Hawkins , Solicitor General; Office of the Attorney General, Austin, Texas; for Amici Curiae United States of America and States of Louisiana, Ohio, and Texas.

Kevin G. Clarkson , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Anchorage, Alaska; Eric Schmitt , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Jefferson City, Missouri; for Amici Curiae States of Alaska and Missouri.

Ashley C. Parrish and Joshua N. Mitchell , King & Spalding LLP, Washington, D.C.; Steven P. Lehotsky and Jonathan D. Urick , U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Richard A. Samp and Cory L. Andrews , Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation.

Randy M. Stutz , American Antitrust Institute, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae American Antitrust Institute.

Steven N. Williams , Joseph Saveri Law Firm Inc., San Francisco, California, for Amici Curiae Choice of Law Professors.

Scott Martin , Hausfeld LLP, New York, New York, for Amici Curiae Economists and Professors.

Leslie A. Brueckner and Stephanie K. Glaberson , Public Justice P.C., Oakland, California; Jefffrey R. White and Amy L. Brogioli , American Association for Justice, Washington, D.C.; Richard A. Koffman , Emmy L. Levens , and Bo Uuganbayar , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Sandeep Vaheesan , Open Markets Institute, Oakland Park, Florida; for Amici Curiae Public Justice P.C., American Association for Justice, and Open Markets Institute.

Before: Eugene E. Siler, Jay S. Bybee, and Ryan D. Nelson, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Qualcomm Incorporated seeks interlocutory review of the district court's order certifying a nationwide class of up to 250 million class members in an antitrust multi-district litigation raising claims under the Sherman Act and California state law. Because the district court erred in its choice of law...

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