United States Sixth Circuit

Plaintiff's suit, alleging that defendants have committed antitrust violations, is dismissed where the state action doctrine protects defendants from antitrust liability.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/11/2005
• Published 07/11/2005

Judges

• Before:  BOGGS, Chief Judge;  and COOK and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Harry M. Reasoner, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, Texas, for Appellant., Harry M. Reasoner, Bruce A. Blefeld, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, Texas, Cannon F. Allen, Armstrong Allen, Memphis, Tennessee, Robert V. Redding, Armstrong Allen, Jackson, Tennessee, for Appellant., Cathrine G. O'Sullivan, David Seidman, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Victor J. Domen, Jr., Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, Carlos C. Smith, Miller & Martin, Chattanooga, Tennessee, J. Robin Rogers, Strang, Fletcher, Carriger, Walker, Hodge & Smith, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Amici Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• David Marx, Jr., McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Illinois, Kevin D. McDonald, Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Appellees., David Marx, Jr., Joseph Fisher, Kevin M. Jones, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Illinois, Kevin D. McDonald, Julia C. Ambrose, Jones Day, Washington, D.C., Jerry D. Kizer, Jr., Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell, Jackson, Tennessee, Max Shelton, Harris, Shelton, Dunlap, Cobb & Ryder, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellees.