United States Ninth Circuit

Complaint that alleges buyers engaged in horizontal price-fixing is sufficient to state a claim under California's Cartwright Act, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 16700-16770, and does not require allegations that the buyers had power within the market.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/09/2000
• Decided 12/01/2000
• Published 12/01/2000

Judges

• Before:  REINHARDT and PAEZ, Circuit Judges, and DWYER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Robert Noblin,Blecher & Collins, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• James M. Harris, Michael C. Kelley, Sidley & Austin, Los Angeles, California, for defendants-appellees Alpine Lace Brands, Inc., and Borden, Inc.;  Thomas F. Ryan and Bruce M. Zessar, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Illinois, for defendants-appellees, Borden, Inc., J. Robert Robertson, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees.