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GEOMATRIX, LLC,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
NSF INTERNATIONAL; BIOMICROBICS, INCORPORATED;
HOOT SYSTEMS, LLC; JAMES BELL,
Defendants-Appellees. |
No. 22-1947 |
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Port Huron.
No. 3:20-cv-13331—Robert H. Cleland, District Judge.
Argued: July 26, 2023
Decided and Filed: September 12, 2023
Before: McKEAGUE, GRIFFIN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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Plaintiff Geomatrix sells a septic system that substantially differs from those sold by its
competitors. It asserts defendants, those competitors and NSF International (the primary
standard-setting organization for the wastewater product industry), conspired to exclude its
unique system from the marketplace. The district court dismissed Geomatrix’s claims on several
grounds, including the Noerr-Pennington doctrine and for failure to state a claim under Federal
Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). We agree that dismissal is proper and affirm. |
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