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CaseNo: ESVFHLL172347, CourtCode: FED, CourtName: FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION II, Plaintiff: EMPAGRAN SA, State: DC Washington D.C., UniqueCaseRef: LCD>ESVFHLL172347, United States, Antitrust, Trade, Foreign, Appeals, Federal Trade Commission, Vitamin, Commerce, Sherman Act, Circuit, District Court, Government, Purpose, Pet, Domestic Commerce, Ftaia, Antitrust Laws, Anticompetitive Effects, International Cartels, Interpretation, Jurisdiction, Ucar, Amici Curiae, Columbia Circuit, Competition, Conspiracy, Petitioner, Enforcement , ContentID: 120254677

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                                  No. 01-7115

                IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                 FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT



                               EMPAGRAN S.A., ET AL.,
                                               Plaintiffs-Appellants,


                                         v.


                   F. HOFFMANN-LAROCHE, LTD., ET AL.,
                                               Defendants-Appellees.



         ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                      FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA



BRIEF FOR THE UNITED STATES AND THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
                     AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF
                   PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC





                                               EDWIN S. KNEEDLER
                                                  Acting Solicitor General


                                               R. HEWITT PATE
                                                  Acting Assistant Attorney General


                                               LISA S. BLATT
  JOHN D. GRAUBERT                                Assistant to the Solicitor General
     Acting General Counsel
     Federal Trade Commission                  ROBERT B. NICHOLSON
     Washington, D.C.  20580                   ADAM D. HIRSH
                                                  Attorneys
                                                 Department of Justice
                                                 Washington, D.C.  20530-0001
                                                 202-514-2217
SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
  • FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
  • ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
  • BRIEF FOR THE UNITED STATES AND THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
  • BHP New Zealand, Ltd. v. UCAR International, Inc.,
  • In re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation,
  • Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, Federal Court Imposes Record $26M Penalties
  • Canadian Competition Bureau, Fines in Order of Magnitude - Competition Act,
  • Whether the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act of 1982 (FTAIA), 15 U.S.C. 6a,
  • United States trade or commerce, when the foreign plaintiff's claimed injury does not arise
  • bulk vitamins, in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 1.
  • stemming from overcharges paid as a result of the price-fixing conspiracy.
  • Pet.
  • subject matter jurisdiction, holding that those plaintiffs had "not alleged that the precise
  • commerce must give rise to `a claim' by someone, even if not the foreign plaintiff who is
  • to support its expansive interpretation of the Act.
  • anticompetitive conduct harms domestic commerce, FTAIA allows foreign plaintiffs injured by
  • anticompetitive conduct to sue to enforce the antitrust laws similarly persuade us that the
  • anticompetitive effects on United States commerce give rise to a plaintiff's claimed injuries.
  • Brief For The United States And The Federal Trade Commission As Amici Curiae, at 10-17,
  • antitrust violations or federal criminal enforcement of the antitrust laws against
  • The government concluded, moreover, that the Fifth Circuit's decision did
  • necessary to deter international cartels from harming United States commerce.
  • The paramount purpose of the United States'
  • STATOIL ASA, PETITIONER
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