United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment pursuant to a statute of limitations in an antitrust case involving allegations of manipulations of the copper market is reversed in part where the facts taken in the light most favorable to plaintiffs could support a finding that a portion of their suit was timely.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/01/2004
• Decided 02/06/2006
• Published 02/06/2006

Judges

• WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, ROVNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., James H. Bratton, Jr., Smith, Gambrell & Russell, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant Southwire Company, Gaston Copper Recycling Corporation., Arthur M. Kaplan, Fine, Kaplan & Black, David H. Weinstein (argued), Weinstein Kitchenoff Scarlato, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiff-Appellant Asarco Incorporated, Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation, Leviton Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, American Insulated Wire Corporation, Essex Electric, Incorporated., Mark A. Glick, Parsons, Behle & Latimer, Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff-Appellant Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bruce Birenboim, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Sumitomo Futures Corporation., James H.R. Windels (argued), Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York., H. Peter Haveles, Jr., Arnold & Porter, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee J.P. Morgan & Company, Incorporated.