Johnson Controls, Inc. v. Exide Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SHADUR, Senior District Judge.

Johnson Controls, Inc. and Johnson Controls Battery Group, Inc. (collectively “Johnson Controls,” treated after this sentence as a singular noun) have asserted a number of claims against Exide Corporation (“Exide”) and three of its former officers: Arthur Hawkins, Alan Gauthier and Douglas Pearson. Each of Johnson Controls’ original Complaint and First Amended Complaint targeted Exide with a claim under the Robinson-Patman Act (15 U.S.C. § 13(c)) and with a state common law claim of tortious interference with prospective business…