United States Fourth Circuit
AU Optronics Corp. v. State of S. Carolina, 11-254
In a State of South Carolina's suit against manufacturers of liquid crystal display panels, alleging price-fixing conspiracy in violations of the state's Antitrust Act and its Unfair Trade Practices Act, district court's rejection of defendants' assertions of federal court jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) is affirmed where: 1) by adopting the whole-case approach and rejecting the claim-by-claim approach, the nature and effect of the case demonstrate that South Carolina is the real party in interest, a fact that is unencumbered by the restitution claims; and 2) defendants have nor satisfied the CAFA's minimal diversity requirement in either of their cases.
Appellate Information
- Decided 10/25/2012
- Published 10/25/2012
Judges
- King
Court
- United States Fourth Circuit