In re California Gasoline Spot Market Antitrust Litigation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 IN RE: GASOLINE SPOT LITIGATION Case No. 20-cv-03131-JSC

ORDER RE: MOTION TO DISMISS

FOR IMPROPER VENUE AND LACK

OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION

10 Re: Dkt. No. 221

12 In this consolidated putative class action, Plaintiffs allege that Defendants entered into 13 horizonal agreements to restrain competition in the spot market for gasoline and gasoline blending 14 components formulated for use in California. Plaintiffs bring federal and state antitrust claims as 15 well as state law unfair competition and unjust enrichment claims against SK Trading 16 International Co., Ltd. (“SK Trading”), SK Energy Americas, Inc. (“SK Energy”), Vitol Inc. 17 (“Vitol”), and two individual defendants. All Defendants have moved to dismiss Plaintiffs’ 18 Consolidated Class Action Amended Complaint and the Court has phased the briefing and hearing 19 of the motions. SK Trading’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction and improper 20 venue under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2), (3) came before the Court for hearing on…