In re California Gasoline Spot Market Antitrust Litigation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 IN RE CALIFORNIA GASOLINE SPOT Case No. 20-cv-03131-JSC
MARKET ANTITRUST LITIGATION
ORDER RE: MOTION TO DISMISS
FOR LACK OF PERSONAL
JURISDICTION
11 Dkt. Nos. 263, 294, 306, 310, 320, 322, 332
13 Plaintiffs allege that Defendants entered into horizonal agreements to restrain competition 14 in the spot market for gasoline and gasoline blending components formulated for use in California. 15 Plaintiffs bring state antitrust and unjust enrichment claims against SK Trading International Co., 16 Ltd. (“SK Trading”), SK Energy Americas, Inc. (“SK Energy”), Vitol Inc. (“Vitol”), and two 17 individual defendants.1 The Court previously deferred ruling on SK Trading’s motion to dismiss 18 for lack of personal jurisdiction and allowed Plaintiffs to conduct jurisdictional discovery. (Dkt. 19 No. 263.) That discovery is complete and the parties have submitted supplemental briefing. (Dkt. 20 Nos. 294, 306, 310, 320, 322, 332.) Having considered the parties’ submissions and having had 21 the benefit of oral argument…