United States Ninth Circuit

In an antitrust action regarding alleged gas price-fixing, the dismissal of the complaint is reversed, where: 1) Plaintiff could state a claim under the rule of reason based on the use of exchange agreements to control gas supply; and 2) the agreements may be aggregated to demonstrate anticompetitive effect.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/13/2008
• Decided 04/03/2009
• Published 04/03/2009

Judges

• Before:  STEPHEN S. TROTT, RICHARD R. CLIFTON and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles M. Kagay, Spiegel, Liao & Kagay LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants., Timothy D. Cohelan, Cohelan & Khoury, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Hojoon Hwang, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the defendant-appellee., Peter H. Mason, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellee., David M. Foster, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Washington DC, for defendant-appellee., Patrick J. Sullivan, Law Offices of Patrick J. Sullivan, Oceanside, CA, for the defendant-appellee.