Forum
U.S. Supreme Court
Case Status
Decided
Docket Number
Term
2017 Term
Oral Argument Date
April 24, 2018
Lower Court Opinion
Questions Presented
1. Whether the Second Circuit, in conflict with the decisions of three courts of appeals, erred in exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 over a pre-trial order denying a motion to dismiss following a full trial on the merits.
2. Whether a court may exercise independent review of an appearing foreign sovereign’s interpretation of its domestic law (as held by the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eleventh, and D.C. Circuits), or whether a court is “bound to defer” to a foreign government’s legal statement, as a matter of international comity, whenever the foreign government appears before the court (as held by the opinion below in accord with the Ninth Circuit).
3. Whether a court may abstain from exercising jurisdiction on a case-by-case basis, as a matter of discretionary international comity, over an otherwise valid Sherman Antitrust Act claim involving purely domestic injury.
Cert. granted limited to question 2 presented by the petition.
Case Updates
Supreme Court issues favorable decision in antitrust case concerning Chinese price fixing
June 14, 2018
The Supreme Court unanimously held that the Second Circuit erred when it accorded conclusive deference to the interpretation of Chinese law offered by the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China regarding whether Chinese law required Chinese companies to engage in price fixing of products exported to the United States.
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief regarding degree of deference accorded to foreign sovereign’s interpretation of its own laws under international comity doctrine
March 05, 2018
Click here to view the Chamber’s amicus brief.
Luke A. Sobota, Jan Paulsson, Philipp Kotlaba, Kimberly H. Larkin, and E. Jin Lee of Three Crowns LLP served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center.
Case Documents
- Opinion -- Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Second Circuit).pdf
- Cert. Petition -- Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Professors Amicus Brief -- Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Brief in Opposition -- Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Reply to Brief in Opposition -- Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae -- Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Supplemental Brief for Respondents -- Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Supplemental Brief for Petitioners -- Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Brief for Petitioners -- Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Joint Appendix -- Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Professors of Conflict of Laws and Civil Procedure Amicus Brief -- Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Professors of International Litigation Amicus Brief -- Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae -- Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Donald Clarke and Nicholas Calcina Howson Amicus Brief -- Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- American Antitrust Institute Amicus Brief -- Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Professors Samuel Estreicher and Thomas Lee Amicus Brief -- Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Brief for Respondents -- Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Ministry of Commerce of China Amicus Brief -- Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- China Chamber of International Commerce Amicus Brief -- Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Chinese Professors of Administrative Law Amicus Brief -- Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Transcript of Oral Argument -- Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf
- Opinion -- Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf