No. 25-1358October Term 2025Before Arguments
NHK Spring Co., Ltd., et al., Petitioners v. Seagate Technology LLC, et al.
from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Case status
- Current stage
- Before Arguments
- Latest event
- Accepted by the Court
- Decision timing
- No window until argument is scheduled.
- What it's about
from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Question presented
Whether domestic negotiations are sufficient to bring foreign injuries from allegedly price-fixed foreign transactions within the reach of the Sherman Act, even where those negotiations have no intervening “effect . . . on trade or commerce which is not trade or commerce with foreign nations.” 15 U.S.C. § 6a(1)(A).
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit / Accepted by the Court
- Area
Supreme Court case awaiting argument
Timing
Expected by late June 2026, if argued this term
The Court granted review but has not yet scheduled oral argument. Once argued, the median case reaches a decision in 94 days. Nearly all cases are decided by the end of the term in which they are argued.
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Sep 1, 2026
- Method
- Methodology