STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA v. CHAS. PFIZER & CO.

No. 68 Civ. 240.

314 F.Supp. 710 (1970)

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, Plaintiff, v. CHAS. PFIZER & CO., Inc., American Cyanamid Company, Bristol-Myers Company, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, and The Upjohn Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

As Amended September 18, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dickstein, Shapiro & Galligan, New York City, for plaintiffs States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin; Cities of New York (counterclaim plaintiff) and Memphis; District of Columbia.

G. Kent Edwards, Atty. Gen., Juneau, Alaska, for plaintiff State of Alaska.

Harrison, Strick & Myers, Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiffs State of Arizona and County of Maricopa.

Joe Purcell, Atty. Gen., Jerry D. Pinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for plaintiff State of Arkansas.

Perry Goldberg, Friedman, Koven, Shapiro, Salzman, Koenigsberg, Specks & Homer, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs States of Connecticut, Idaho, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, and Wyoming; City and County of Denver; Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

Lee A. Freeman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs States of Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, West Virginia; City of Chicago; Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.

Robert L. Woodahl, Atty. Gen., James R. Anderson, Douglas J. Wold, Asst. Attys. Gen., Helena, Mont., for plaintiff State of Montana.

Clarence A. H. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Lincoln, Neb., for plaintiff State of Nebraska.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., Albany, N. Y., George C. Mantzoros, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, for plaintiff State of New York.

Robert E. Sher, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., John Bowen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbia, S. C., for plaintiff State of South Carolina.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., C. Hayes Cooney, Elmer D. Davies, Asst. Attys. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff State of Tennessee.

Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish, Kohn & Levy, Cohen, Shapiro, Berger, Polisher & Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs City of Philadelphia, City of Detroit et al., and Sun Ray Drug Co., et al.

Leo Schwartz, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs City of Boston, Richardson Drug Co., Inc., et al.

Schein, Askounis, Stavins & Wald, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs Alpine Pharmacy, Inc., et al.

Peck, Shaffer & Williams, Cincinnati, Ohio, for plaintiffs Herbert Beins, d/b/a Waverly Drugs, et al.

Schwartz & Alschuler, Beverly Hills, Cal., for plaintiff Domaro, Inc. and counterclaim plaintiff Benalen Corporation.

Edward A. Berman, Lawrence Walner, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs Cotler Drugs, Inc., et al.

James P. Chapman, James B. Sloan, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs DeKoven Drug Co., Inc., et al.

Donald B. Brown, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs Mario De Modena, d/b/a The Apothecary Shop, et al.

Levy & Erens, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs Ford Hopkins Co., et al.

Sager, Silverman, Bodne & Burns, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff Lee's Prescription Shops, Inc.

Dene T. Lusby, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiff Rockdale Pharmacy, Inc., et al.

Cochrane & Bresnahan, St. Paul, Minn., for plaintiffs Peterson's Pharmacy, Inc., et al.

Antonio M. Bird, Old San Juan, P. R., for plaintiffs Weiwall Drug Corporation et al.

Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood, New York City, for defendant Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc.

Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine, New York City, for defendant American Cyanamid Co.

Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, New York City, for defendant Bristol-Myers Co.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, for defendants Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation and Squibb Beech-Nut, Inc.

Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., for defendant The Upjohn Co.


No. 68 Civ. 240. and other antibiotic drug antitrust actions.

WYATT, District Judge.

This is an application by defendants and by plaintiffs in these class actions for approval of a proposed compromise under which the actions and all claims of the classes therein will be settled and dismissed with prejudice. Fed.R.Civ.P. 23 (e) The application is granted and the proposed compromise is approved.

These are 66 civil actions, 26 of which were commenced...

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