Legal Opinion
MM Steel, L.P. v. Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., e
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 25, 2015No. 14-20267PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN A. HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge:
This ease concerns the Gulf Coast domestic steel industry. In 2011, two longtime steel industry salesmen opened a new steel distributor, MM Steel, L.P. (“MM”). MM quickly found it difficult to survive because certain steel manufacturers, including Nucor Corporation (“Nu-cor”) and JSW Steel (USA), Inc. (“JSW”), refused to sell them steel. Shortly before MM closed, MM sued the manufacturers and MM’s competing distributors, claiming that the distributors formed an illegal conspiracy to deprive MM of steel and that the manufacturers knowingly joined the…
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