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Cramer, Eric L.; Simons, Daniel C. --- "Parties Entitled to Pursue a Claim" [2012] ELECD 847; in Foer, A. Albert; Stutz, M. Randy (eds), "Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law in the United States" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012)

Book Title: Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law in the United States

Editor(s): Foer, A. Albert; Stutz, M. Randy

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9780857939593

Section: Chapter 3

Section Title: Parties Entitled to Pursue a Claim

Author(s): Cramer, Eric L.; Simons, Daniel C.

Number of pages: 31

Extract:

3 Parties entitled to pursue a claim
Eric L. Cramer and Daniel C. Simons1


§ 3.01 Introduction
§ 3.02 Antitrust injury: Harm to competition, not competitors
§ 3.03 Standing for injunctive relief
§ 3.04 Standing for damages claims
§ 3.05 Direct purchasers
3.05.1 Determining direct purchaser status
3.05.2 Overcharge damages
3.05.3 Damages for supra-competitive prices from non-conspirators
3.05.4 Direct purchaser standing in cases alleging fraud on the patent
office
3.05.5 Reduction in output and quality
§ 3.06 Indirect purchasers
3.06.1 Indirect purchaser injunctive relief
3.06.2 Restitution and disgorgement
3.06.3 Damages recovery under state law
3.06.4 Do the Associated General factors apply to a damages
claim brought under a state Illinois Brick repealer statute?
§ 3.07 Competitors
3.07.1 New entrants to the market
§ 3.08 Other types of antitrust claimants
3.08.1 Shareholders
3.08.2 Suppliers
3.08.3 Terminated dealers and distributors
3.08.4 Employees
3.08.5 Unions and trade associations
§ 3.09 Conclusion

§ 3.01 Introduction

Antitrust violations often reverberate widely throughout a market and the economy more
generally, impacting a multitude of market participants in a broad variety of ways. Hence,
for a single violation, there may be multiple victims, each with potentially cognizable
antitrust claims.
Under the literal and broad terms of the federal antitrust laws, all persons or entities
suffering harm as a result of anticompetitive conduct theoretically have a ...