United States Fifth Circuit

In a suit alleging that defendants violated the Sherman Act by conspiring not to deal with plaintiff, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where the circumstantial evidence of a conspiracy produced by plaintiff did not meet the threshold requirement of demonstrating the existence of an agreement in restraint of trade.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/23/2008
• Published 10/23/2008

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before GARZA and ELROD, Circuit Judges, and HICKS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Donald H. Mullins (argued), Badgley-Mullins Law Group, George E. Kargianis, Law Offices of George Kargianis, Seattle, WA, for Golden Bridge Technology, Inc., Peter C. McCabe, III, Michael Paul Mayer, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Motorola, Inc., Theodore E. Stevenson, III, Rosemary T. Snider, McKool Smith, Patrick J. Conroy, Shore, Chan, Bragalone, LLP, Dallas, TX, Joel Lance Thollander, McKool Smith, Austin, TX, for Ericsson, Inc., Marc G. Schildkraut, Howrey, LLP, Washington, DC, Glenn A. Perry, Sloan, Bagley, Hatcher & Perry, Longview, TX, for Qualcomm, Inc., Christopher S. Yates, Daniel M. Wall (argued), Latham & Watkins, San Francisco, CA, for Lucent Technologies, Inc.