Trendsettah USA, Inc. v. Swisher International, Inc.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TRENDSETTAH USA, INC.; No. 20-56016

TRENDSETTAH, INC.,

Plaintiffs-Appellants, D.C. No. 8:14-cv-01664- v. JVS-DFM

SWISHER INTERNATIONAL, INC.,

Defendant-Appellee. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California James V. Selna, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 14, 2022 Pasadena, California

Filed April 15, 2022

Before: Johnnie B. Rawlinson and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges, and Jed S. Rakoff,* District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Rawlinson

* The Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation. TRENDSETTAH USA V. SWISHER INT’L

SUMMARY**

Relief from Judgment

The panel affirmed in part and reversed in part the district court’s grant of relief from a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff after a jury trial in an antitrust action.

The jury returned a verdict against Swisher International, Inc., on Sherman Act and breach of contract claims brought by Trendsettah USA,…