State v. LG Electronics, Inc.

¶26 (concurring in part and dissenting in part) — The Washington State attorney general filed this parens patriae action on May 1, 2012, over 17 years after the alleged CRT5 price-fixing conspiracy began and over four years after he learned about it. Clerk’s Papers (CP) at 2, 26, 32 n.1, 58. He filed it for the benefit of certain private parties: the millions of Washington residents who indirectly purchased products (like televisions) with CRT components inside. The complaint also references a handful of residents who directly purchased CRTs unincorporated into a useable consumer product. CP…