In re Japanese Electronic Products Antitrust Litigation
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
631 F.2d 1069 (1980)
- Written by Catherine Cotovsky, JD
Facts
National Union Electric Corp. (NUE) (plaintiff) and Zenith Radio Corp. (Zenith) (plaintiff) brought separate actions against several Japanese producers of consumer electronics (Japanese companies) (defendants) for violations of numerous statutes governing domestic competition, international trade, anti-dumping, conspiracy, and price discrimination. Both actions sought treble damages and injunctive relief for activities that occurred over the course of several years from the mid-1960s through the late 1970s. The district court consolidated the actions for pre-trial and trial, and the parties engaged in several years of discovery that produced millions of documents and thousands of pages of depositions. NUE and Zenith both made demands for jury trial, but the Japanese companies moved to strike the jury demands on the grounds that the matter was too complicated, complex, and burdensome for a jury to fairly decide. The district court denied the Japanese companies’ motions to strike, and the appellate court took up the Japanese companies’ interlocutory appeal.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Seitz, C.J.)
Dissent (Gibbons, J.)
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