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In re Western States

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Sep 24, 2007
243 F. App'x 328 (9th Cir. 2007)

Opinion

No. 05-15919.

Argued and Submitted February 13, 2007.

Filed September 24, 2007.

Susan G. Kupfer, Esq., Glancy Binkow Goldberg, Francis O. Scarpulla, Esq., Craig Corbitt, Esq., Zelle Hofmann Voelbel Mason Gette, LLP, Josef D. Cooper, Cooper Kirkham, P.C., Michael E. Lehman, The Furth Law Firm, San Francisco, CA, J. Bruce Alverson, Esq., Alverson Taylor Mortensen Nelson Sanders, Las Vegas, NV, W. Timothy Needham, Janssen Malloy Needham, Eureka, CA, for Plaintiff.

Michael J. Boni, Esq., Kate Keznick, Esq., Kohn Swift Graf, PC, Philadelphia, PA, Marc H. Edelson, Esq., Doylestown, PA, G. Mark Albright, Esq., Albright Stoddard Warnick Palmer, Las Vegas, NV, Blake M. Harper, Esq., Dennis Stewart, Esq., Hulett Harper Stewart, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jared M. Katz, Leboeuf Lamb Greene Macrae, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Charles A. Moore, Esq., Leboeuf Lamb Greene Macrae, LLP, Houston, TX, for Defendants.

Amy M. Gallegos, Esq., Hogan Hartson, Matthew E. Digby, Esq., Brian I. Cheng, Esq., Bingham McCutchen, LLP, Peter H. Mason, Esq., Joshua D. Lichtman, Esq., Fulbright Jaworski, LLP, Robert A. Sacks, Esq., Sullivan Cromwell LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Christopher Healey, Luce Forward Hamilton Scripps, LLP, Bruno W. Katz, Esq., Shea Stokes Carter, Douglas K. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Diego, CA, for Terry J. Houlihan, Esq., Bingham McCutchen, LLP, Michael J. Kass, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP, John M. Grenfell, Esq., Michael J. Kass, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP, Diane E. Pritchard, Esq., Morrison Foerster, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Jonathan L. Abram, Esq., William H. Johnson, Esq., Hogan Hartson, LLP, Frederic G. Berner, Sidley Austin, LLP, Joel B. Kleinman, Esq., Dickstein Shapiro Morin Oshinsky, LLP, Washington, DC, Mark E. Haddad, Esq., John L. Hendricks, Esq., Orrin L. Harrison, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer Feld, Dallas, TX, Bruno W. Katz, Esq., J.G. Copeland, Esq., Baker Botts, Houston, TX, Elizabeth S. Parker, Esq., Bernhard Bradley, Chtd., Las Vegas, NV, for Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, Philip M. Pro, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. Nos. CV-03-01431-PMP, CV-04-00465-PMP.

Before: B. FLETCHER, CLIFTON, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.


MEMORANDUM

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

The district court granted the defendants' motion to dismiss on the ground that the filed rate doctrine barred all of Texas-Ohio's claims. As we clarified in E. J. Gallo Winery v. Encana Corp., 503 F.3d 1027 (9th Cir. 2007), the Filed Rate Doctrine, as defined in that case, bars claims based on FERC-approved rates. FERC's jurisdiction does not include approving the rates in first sales transactions and claims based on such transactions are not barred by the Filed Rate Doctrine or principles of preemption. Id. at___. On a motion to dismiss, "[a]ll allegations and reasonable inferences are taken as true, and the allegations are construed in the light most favorable to the non-moving party." Adams v. Johnson, 355 F.3d 1179, 1183 (9th Cir. 2004). Based on the record, it is reasonable to infer that some of the transactions between Texas-Ohio and the defendants are first sales and thus Texas-Ohio's claims based on such transactions are not barred by the Filed Rate Doctrine.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.


Summaries of

In re Western States

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Sep 24, 2007
243 F. App'x 328 (9th Cir. 2007)
Case details for

In re Western States

Case Details

Full title:In re: WESTERN STATES WHOLESALE NATURAL GAS ANTITRUST LITIGATION…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Sep 24, 2007

Citations

243 F. App'x 328 (9th Cir. 2007)

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