California Court of Appeal
Centerpoint Energy, Inc. v. Super. Ct. (City and County of San Francisco), D049989
In case involving a number of coordinated antitrust actions alleging numerous energy-related defendants engaged in a conspiracy from 1999-2002 to manipulate prices in the California retail natural gas market, petition for writ of mandate challenging exercise of jurisdiction by the California courts is granted as the trial court erred as a matter of law in applying the rule of successor liability for jurisdictional purposes to petitioner, due to the undisputed evidence about the nature and purpose of the corporate restructuring processes that took place.
Appellate Information
- Decided 12/12/2007
- Published 12/12/2007
Judges
- HUFFMAN, J.
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Rex S. Heinke, Jessica M. Weisel, Los Angeles, Reginald D. Steer, San Francisco, Orrin L. Harrison III and Karen C. Corallo, Dallas, TX, for Petitioner., Cotchett, Pitre Simon & McCarthy, Joseph W. Cotchett, Nancy L. Fineman, Nanci E. Nishimura, Steven N. Williams and Barbara L. Lyons, Burlingame, for Real Parties in Interest.
- For Appellees:
- No appearance by Respondent.