IN RE CAPACITORS ANTITRUST LITIGATION
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 IN RE CAPACITORS ANTITRUST Case No. 17-md-02801-JD
LITIGATION (NO. III)
ORDER RE INDIRECT PURCHASER
PLAINTIFFS’ CLASS
CERTIFICATION MOTION
Re: Dkt. No. 1681 (Case No. 14-cv-3264-
JD)
In this multi-district antitrust litigation, several groups of plaintiffs have alleged that the defendant corporations engaged in a long-running, global price-fixing conspiracy in the capacitor industry. The indirect purchaser plaintiffs (IPPs) are one of the plaintiff groups. After a substantial amount of motion practice and other proceedings, the IPPs have settled on a class basis with all of the defendants they sued except Shinyei Technology Co., Ltd. and Shinyei Capacitor Co., Ltd. (together, Shinyei) and Taitsu Corporation (Taitsu). This order resolves the IPPs’ request to certify a litigation class under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in anticipation of a trial of their claims against Shinyei and Taitsu. Dkt.…