Z Technologies Corporation v. The Lubrizol Corporation

OPINION

McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.

Z Technologies alleges that The Lubri-zol Corporation violated the Sherman, Clayton, and analogous state-law antitrust acts by raising prices and enforcing a non-compete clause following Lubrizol’s acquisition of the assets of another company, which established a monopoly in the market for petroleum wax-based oxidates. Lubrizol moved to dismiss the claim on the pleadings. The primary question presented on appeal is whether Z Technologies’s claims are barred by the statute of limitations. Z Technologies contends that the continuing violations and hold-and-use…