Counsel: Daniel Wall, Latham & Watkins, San Francisco, for Apple Inc.; David Frederick, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, Washington, D.C., for Robert Pepper

About: In this antitrust case, iPhone owners sued Apple claiming it ”illegally monopolized the distribution of iPhone apps, and that the excessive commissions charged to app developers inflate the prices consumers ultimately pay for apps.” The justices are asked whether consumers can sue for treble damages whoever delivers goods to them even if they seek pass-through damages as indirect purchasers. The Ninth Circuit said the iPhone users could sue Apple, not, as Apple argued, the app developers.

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