Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit March 19, 2007, 05-4006, 05-4010 (Williams Electronics Games, Inc. v. James M. Garrity)

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Williams, the manufacturer of

Mortal Kombat

and other video games, brought this suit for fraud and related misconduct against two of its components suppliers (and a salesman for one of them), charging them with having bribed one of Williams’s buyers in violation of both federal and state law. The judge dismissed all the federal claims before or during trial.