US: Supreme Court denies review for fourth time
US: Supreme Court denies review for fourth time

in short This alert was originally published on December 21, 2023, and has been updated to reflect the Supreme Court's denial of the Department of Justice's petition for writ of certiorari on November 12, 2024. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected appeals filed by both parties since the Dec. 1, 2023 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruling overturned the Justice Department’s criminal conviction of a former executive of an aluminum products manufacturer for failing to Convicted for stating facts. itself Antitrust offenses under the Sherman Act. The Fourth Circuit held that the trial court applied itself The rules failed to take into account that the alleged scheme occurred in the context of a "double allocation" relationship between competing bidders who also maintained supplier relationships. 4th Circuit rejects DOJ request on the bench rehearse. The Justice Department then sought Supreme Court review of the Fourth Circuit’s ruling. The defendants also filed a conditional cross-petition in the Supreme Court seeking…