Pacific Steel Group v. Commercial Metals Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PACIFIC STEEL GROUP, Case No. 20-cv-07683-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART MOTION TO

v. DISMISS

COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY, et Re: Dkt. No. 79 al., 11 Defendants. 12 Plaintiff Pacific Steel Group (“Pacific Steel”) brought this antitrust lawsuit on October 30, 2020. See Dkt. No. 1 (“Compl.”). The Complaint alleges that Defendants Commercial Metals Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, “CMC”) engaged in anti-competitive and monopolistic behavior in the steel rebar market. The Court granted CMC’s motion to dismiss the Complaint but gave Pacific Steel leave to amend. Dkt. No. 74 (“Dismissal Order”). Pacific Steel then filed the Amended Complaint, which CMC now moves to dismiss. Dkt. Nos. 76 (“FAC”), 79 (“Mot.”). CMC’s motion is fully briefed. See Dkt. Nos. 81 (“Opp.”), 85 (“Reply”). The Court held a hearing on the motion, see Dkt. Nos. 87, 91, and now rules that it is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED…