United States Eighth Circuit

In the context of the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act of 1982 (FTAIA) and its limited exception making the Sherman Act applicable to certain foreign conduct, the FTAIA's statutory "gives rise to" language requires a direct or proximate causal relationship between the domestic effects of anticompetitive conduct and alleged injuries.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/08/2007
• Published 02/08/2007

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard A. Lockridge, argued, Minneapolis, MN (Heidi M. Silton, Samuel D. Heins and Susan E. MacMenamin, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief, Michael D. Hausfeld and Brian A. Ratner, Washington, DC, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ruth E. Harlow, argued, New York, NY (Lawrence Byrne, Lance Croffoot-Suede, Martin S. Bloor, A. Paul Victor, James F. Lerner, and Christopher V. Roberts, New York, NY, on the brief, Joseph T. Dixon, Jr., Scott A. Neilson, William L. Greene, Skip Dorocher, Eric A. Ruzicka, and Michael A. Lindsay, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief, Barry F. McNeil, Ronald W. Breaux, and Jacqueline K. Shipchandler, Dallas, TX, on the brief, Michael R. Lazerwitz and Steven J. Kaiser, Washington, DC, on the brief), for appellee.