Animal Science Products Inc. v. China Minmetals Corporation, No. 10-2288; Third Circuit; opinion by Chagares, U.S.C.J.; filed August 17, 2011. Before Judges Fuentes, Chagares and Pollak, District Judge, sitting by designation. On appeal from the District of New Jersey. [Sat below: Judge Brown.] DDS No. 59-8-3586 [21 pp.]
Plaintiffs Animal Science Products Inc. and Resco Products Inc. are domestic purchasers of magnesite. Plaintiffs allege, on behalf of a putative class, that defendants — Chinese producers and exporters of magnesite — engaged in a conspiracy to fix the price of magnesite that is exported to and sold in the United States. Plaintiffs allege that this conspiracy has impacted hundreds of millions of dollars of U.S. commerce. Plaintiffs assert federal claims pursuant to the Clayton Act, predicated on the defendants’ alleged violation of § 1 of the Sherman Act.
