IN RE URETHANE ANTITRUST LITIGATION

No. 13-3215.

768 F.3d 1245 (2014)

In re URETHANE ANTITRUST LITIGATION. Dow Chemical Company, Appellant, v. Seegott Holdings, Inc.; Industrial Polymers, Inc.; Quabaug Corporation, (Class Plaintiffs), Appellees, and Chamber of Commerce of the United States and American Independent Business Alliance, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

September 29, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter G. Phillips , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C. ( Joseph R. Guerra , C. Frederick Beckner III , Kathleen Moriarty Mueller , Jeffrey S. Beelaert , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C.; and Charles J. Kalil , General Counsel, the Dow Chemical Company, Duncan A. Stuart , Associate General Counsel, the Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI, on the briefs) for Defendant-Appellant.

Paul D. Clement , Bancroft PLLC, Washington, D.C. ( Zachary D. Tripp , Candice Chiu , William R. Levi , Bancroft PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Roberta D. Liebenberg , Donald L. Perelman , Gerard A. Dever , Matthew Duncan , Fine, Kaplan, & Black, RPC, Philadelphia, PA; Richard A. Koffman , Kit A. Pierson , Christopher J. Cormier , Sharon K. Robertson , Laura A. Alexander , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Joseph Goldberg , Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg Urias & Ward, P.A., Albuquerque, N.M.; Michael J. Guzman , Rebecca A. Beynon , Michael N. Nemelka , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC, Washington, D.C.; and Robert W. Coykendall , Roger N. Walter , Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy, Chartered, Wichita, KS, on the briefs) for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Kathryn Comerford Todd , Tyler R. Green , National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Jeffrey L. Kessler , George E. Mastoris , Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY; and Gene C. Schaerr, Robert F. Ruyak , William A. Roach, Jr. , Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, D.C., filed an Amicus Curiae brief for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States.

Jonathan D. Selbin , Jason L. Lichtman , Lief Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York, NY; Jordan Elias , Lief Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA; and Ian J. McLoughlin , Rachel M. Brown , Shapiro Haber & Urmy, LLP, Boston, MA, filed an Amicus Curiae brief for the American Independent Business Alliance.

Before LUCERO, MURPHY, and BACHARACH, Circuit Judges.


BACHARACH, Circuit Judge.

This antitrust class action stems from an allegation that Dow Chemical Company conspired with competitors to fix prices for polyurethane chemical products. Over Dow's objection, the district court certified a plaintiff class including all industrial purchasers of polyurethane products during the alleged conspiracy period. The action went to trial, and the jury returned a verdict against Dow. The district court entered judgment for the plaintiffs...

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