State of South Carolina, The v. Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp et al

Filing 56

ORDER remanding the action to the Richland County Court of Common Pleas, Fifth Judicial Circuit of South Carolina. Signed by Honorable Joseph F. Anderson, Jr on 01/21/2014. Clerk's Notice: Attorneys are responsible for supplementing the State Record with all documents filed in Federal Court(bshr, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COLUMBIA DIVISION

The State of South Carolina,

C/A No. 3:12-cv-01776-JFA

Plaintiff,
vs.
ORDER
Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corporation; Chi Mei
Innolux Corporation; Chi Mei Optoelectronics
USA, Inc.; Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd.;
Hannstar Display Corporation; Samsung
Electronics Company Ltd.; Samsung
Electronics America, Inc.; and
Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.
Defendants.

This case is one of four complaints stayed by the court pending the outcome of a petition
for a writ of certiorari. Today, the United States Supreme Court denied that petition. AU
Optronics Corp. v. South Carolina, 12-911, 2014 WL 210665 (U.S. Jan. 21, 2014).
Accordingly, this court hereby lifts the stay. In light of today’s decision by the Supreme Court as
well as its decision in a similar case, Mississippi ex rel. Hood v. AU Optronics Corp., 12-1036,
2014 WL 113485 (U.S. Jan. 14, 2014), this court finds that it lacks subject-matter jurisdiction
and remands the case to state court. The Clerk of Court shall send a certified copy of this order
of remand to the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, Richland County, Fifth Judicial Circuit of
South Carolina.

IT IS SO ORDERED.
January 21, 2014
Columbia, South Carolina

Joseph F. Anderson, Jr.
United States District Judge