Case3:14-cv-03698 Document1 Filed08/14/14 Page1 of 33 1 Kit A. Pierson Brent W. Johnson 2 COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC 3 1100 New York Ave., NW Suite 500 West 4 Washington, DC 20005 Telephone: (202) 408-4600 5 Facsimile: (202) 408-4699 Email:
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[email protected] 7 Attorneys for Representative Plaintiff 8 Schuten Electronics, Inc. 9 [Additional Counsel Listed on Signature Page] 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 12 SCHUTEN ELECTRONICS, INC., Case No. 13 Plaintiff, and on behalf of all ANTITRUST CLASS ACTION 14 others similarly situated, COMPLAINT v. 15 AVX CORPORATION; ELNA AMERICA INC.; 16 HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.; HITACHI JURY TRIAL DEMANDED CHEMICAL COMPANY AMERICA, LTD.; 17 KEMET CORPORATION; KEMET ELECTRONICS CORPORATION; MATSUO 18 ELECTRIC CO., LTD.; NEC TOKIN CORPORATION; NEC TOKIN AMERICA, INC.; 19 NICHICON CORPORATION; NICHICON (AMERICA) CORPORATION; NIPPON CHEMI- 20 CON CORPORATION; PANASONIC CORPORATION; PANASONIC CORPORATION 21 OF NORTH AMERICA; ROHM CO., LTD.; ROHM SEMICONDUCTOR U.S.A., LLC, 22 RUBYCON CORPORATION; RUBYCON AMERICA INC.; ELNA CO., LTD.; SANYO 23 ELECTRIC GROUP, LTD.; SANYO ELECTRONIC DEVICE (U.S.A.) 24 CORPORATION; SAMSUNG ELECTRO- MECHANICS; SAMSUNG ELECTRO- 25 MECHANICS AMERICA, INC.; TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.; TAIYO YUDEN (USA) INC.; TOSHIN 26 KOGYO CO., LTD.; UNITED CHEMI-CON CORPORATION; and VISHAY 27 INTERTECHNOLOGY, INC. 28 Defendants. Case No. ANTITRUST CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT Case3:14-cv-03698 Document1 Filed08/14/14 Page2 of 33 1 Plaintiff Schuten Electronics, Inc. (“Plaintiff”), individually and on behalf of a class of all 2 others similarly situated, brings this action for treble damages under the antitrust laws of the 3 United States against Defendants, and demands a jury trial.