In re Capacitors Antitrust Litigation

*921 ORDER ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS AMENDED COMPLAINTS

In these consolidated antitrust class actions, plaintiffs are direct and indirect purchasers of capacitors, a ubiquitous component in electronic devices of all types. The gist of the complaints is that the defendant manufacturers have conspired to fix capacitor prices in the global market.

The Court granted in part and denied in part defendants’ initial motions to dismiss the direct purchaser plaintiffs’ (“DPPs”) and indirect purchaser plaintiffs’ .(“IPPs”) consolidated complaints. Dkt. No. 710. The DPPs and IPPs subsequently amended their complaints in response to the Court’s order, and now before the Court are defendants’ second sets of motions to dismiss the amended complaints. The Court grants the motion to dismiss the IPPs’ non-California state law claims on Article III standing grounds, grants the separate individual motion to dismiss the direct purchaser plaintiffs’ complaint by American Shizuki Corporation, and denies the motions in all other respects.

BACKGROUND

This order addresses what is new and different in the complaints since the prior motion to dismiss order. Dkt. No. -710. On the DPP side, the case now…