Case Details

Year Initiated/Committed

2003

Year Resolved

2005

Settlement Amount

n/a

Court

Surpeme Court of Idaho

Docket Number

30379

Lead State

ID

Participating States

ID

Defendant(s)

Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.; Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft; Nippon Gohsei a/k/a Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.;
Eastman Chemical Company; Nutrinova Nutrition Specialties & Food Ingredients, GmbH; Ueno Fine Chemicals Industry, Ltd.

Case Description

State filed suit on behalf of indirect purchasers after federal guilty pleas by sorbates manufacturers. Case dismissed on grounds that Idaho Competition Act which permitted recovery by indirect purchasers was not enacted until 2000 and did not permit retroactive application.