STATE v. LG ELECTRONICS, INC.

No. 91391-9.

375 P.3d 1035 (2016)

The STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. LG ELECTRONICS, INC.; Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. a/k/a Royal Philips Electronics N.V.; Philips Electronics Industries (Taiwan), Ltd.; Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. f/k/a Samsung Display Device Co., Ltd.; Samsung SDI America, Inc.; Samsung SDI Mexico S.A. De C.V.; Samsung SDI Brasil LTDA.; Shenzhen Samsung SDI Co., LTD.; Tianjin Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.; Samsung SDI (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.; Panasonic Corporation of North America; Hitachi Displays, Ltd.; Hitachi Electronic Devices (USA), Inc.; and Hitachi Asia, Ltd., Petitioners, and LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.; Philips Electronics Industries; Philips Electronics North America Corporation; Toshiba Corporation; Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc.; Hitachi, Ltd.; MT Picture Display Co.; Panasonic Corporation f/k/a Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.; Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd.; CPTF Optronics Co. Ltd.; and Chunghwa Picture Tubes (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Filed July 21, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Lundsgaard , Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP, Pier 70, 2801 Alaskan Way Suite 300, Seattle, WA, 98121-1128, Robert Douglas Stewart , Kipling Law Group PLLC, 4464 Fremont Avenue N Suite 300, Seattle, WA, 98103-7291, J. Mark Little , Aaron Streett , Baker Botts, LLP, One Shell Plaza, 910 Louisiana Street, Houston, TX, 77002-4995, Larry Steven Gangnes , John R. Neeleman , Lane Powell PC, P.O. Box 91302, 1420 5th Avenue Suite 4200, Seattle, WA, 98111-9402, Aric Hamilton Jarrett , Attorney at Law, 600 University St. Suite 3600, Seattle, WA, 98101-4109, Timothy W. Snider , Stoel Rives LLP, 760 SW 9th Avenue Suite 3000, Portland, OR, 97205-2584, Molly A. Terwilliger , Yarmuth Wilsdon PLLC, 1420 5th Avenue Suite 1400, Seattle, WA, 98101-3336, Eliot A. Adelson , Kirkland & Ellis, 555 California Street, San Francisco, CA, 94104, Counsel for Petitioners.

Robert Douglas Stewart , Kipling Law Group PLLC, 4464 Fremont Avenue N Suite 300, Seattle, WA, 98103-7291, Mathew Lane Harrington , Stokes Lawrence, PS, 1420 5th Avenue Suite 3000, Seattle, WA, 98101-2393, Timothy W. Snider , Stoel Rives LLP, 760 SW 9th Avenue Suite 3000, Portland, OR, 97205-2584, Aric Hamilton Jarrett , Attorney at Law, 600 University St. Suite 3600, Seattle, WA, 98101-4109, Jeffrey L. Kessler , Winston & Strawn LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10166, David L. Yohai , David Yolkut , Weil, Gotshal & Manges, 767 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10153, Molly A. Terwilliger , Yarmuth Wilsdon PLLC, 1420 5th Avenue Suite 1400, Seattle, WA, 98101-3336, Eliot A. Adelson , Kirkland & Ellis, 555 California Street, San Francisco, CA, 94104, Counsel for Defendants.

David Michael Kerwin , Washington State Attorney General's Office, 4333 Brooklyn Avenue NE, Seattle, WA, 98195-1016, Brady R. Johnson , Fremont Law, 1752 NW Market St. # 617, Seattle, WA, 98107-5264, Peter B. Gonick , Washington Attorney General's Office, 1125 Washington St. SE, P.O. Box 40100, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, Jonathan A. Mark , Washington State Attorney General, 800 5th Avenue Suite 2000, Seattle, WA, 98104-3188, Counsel for Respondent.

George M. Ahrend , Ahrend Law Firm PLLC, 100 E Broadway Avenue, Moses Lake, WA, 98837-1740, Bryan Patrick Harnetiaux , Attorney at Law, 517 E 17th Avenue, Spokane, WA, 99203-2210, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association for Justice Foundation.

Kristina Silja Bennard , Yarmuth Wilsdon PLLC, 1420 5th Avenue Suite 1400, Seattle, WA, 98101-3336, Amicus Curiae on behalf of U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Stewart Andrew Estes , Keating, Bucklin & McCormack, Inc., P.S., 800 Fifth Avenue Suite 4141, Seattle, WA, 98104-3175, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Defense Trial Lawyers.

Christopher Weldon Nicoll , Noah Jaffe , Shannon Leigh Trivett , Nicoll Black & Feig, 1325 4th Avenue Suite 1650, Seattle, WA, 98101-2506, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Dri — the Voice of the Defense Bar.


¶ 1 The State of Washington sued more than 20 foreign electronics manufacturing companies (including the petitioners) for price fixing. The State claimed the foreign companies conspired to fix prices by selling CRTs (cathode ray tubes) into international streams of commerce intending they be incorporated into products sold...

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