Opinion and Order on Apple Motion to Dismiss States Parens Patriae Capacity

Case 1:11-md-02293-DLC Document 613 Filed 04/15/14 Page 1 of 24 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------- X : 11 MD 2293 (DLC) IN RE: ELECTRONIC BOOKS ANTITRUST : LITIGATION : : Related to all X matters : THE STATE OF TEXAS, et al., : : Plaintiffs, : 12 Civ. 3394 (DLC) -v- : : PENGUIN GROUP (USA) INC., et al., : OPINION & ORDER : Defendants. : : --------------------------------------- X APPEARANCES For the Defendant Apple Inc. Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. Daniel G. Swanson Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP 333 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, California 90071 Cynthia Richman 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20036 Howard Heiss Edward Moss O’Melveny & Myers, LLP 1625 Eye Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 For the State of Texas on Behalf of the Plaintiff States Gabriel Gervey David Ashton Eric Lipman Case 1:11-md-02293-DLC Document 613 Filed 04/15/14 Page 2 of 24 Office of the Attorney General of Texas P.O. Box 12548 Austin, TX 78711 For the State of Connecticut on Behalf of the Plaintiff States Joseph Nielsen Gary M. Becker Office of the Attorney General of Connecitcut 55 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106 DENISE COTE, District Judge: This Opinion addresses a motion to dismiss claims against Apple, Inc. (“Apple”) following a trial on those claims.