Jane Beckering

Rule Changes

As of September 2026: Presiding judge who dismissed the suit

A federal judge dismissed Michigan's antitrust lawsuit against five major oil companies on September 22, ruling the state could not show the firms' alleged conspiracy to suppress renewable energy caused its residents' higher energy costs. US District Judge Jane Beckering wrote that antitrust law protects almost none of the injuries Michigan cited, and the causal chain from a decades-old alleged conspiracy to today's prices was too long.

Updated Sep 23