Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Steel today said the United States Supreme Court has turned down a petition filed by the firm’s US-based subsidiary in an anti-trust case.
JSW Steel USA Inc, a subsidiary of JSW Steel, approached the US Supreme Court contesting an appeal of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
JSW USA had sought a review of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision by filing a petition for writ of certiorari in the US Supreme Court, which if successful could result in the refund of part or all funds of $54.85 million paid to satisfy judgment of the Court of Appeals, the firm said in a regulatory filing.
“The US Supreme Court has since declined to hear an appeal of the decision of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals,” it added.
As JSW USA has already made the provision in its books and discharged the liability arising from the earlier judgment, there is no impact on its decision. There is no further appeals available and this matter is, therefore, concluded, the filing said.
In June 2016, the US District Court issued an order releasing JSW Steel USA Inc from any further liability to MM Steel under the judgment in return for $54.85 million.
In December 2015, the district court in the US had directed the JSW Steel subsidiary to pay a $156-million fine, as it confirmed an earlier ruling by a jury in an anti-trust case filed by a local steel distributor.
MM Steel had sued its competing distributors and steel manufacturers, including JSW Steel, in 2012, claiming that its rivals had conspired to deprive it of supplies and that the manufacturers had knowingly joined the plot, the court document showed.
MM Steel shut down its business in 2013.