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BLEWETT v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES

No. 37526-1-I.

938 P.2d 842 (1997)

86 Wash.App. 782

Judith BLEWETT, on Behalf of Herself and all Other Similarly Situated Individuals, Appellants, v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES; American Home Products Corporation; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Burroughs-Wellcome; Ciba-Geigy Corporation; Du Pont Merck Pharmaceutical Company; Knowll Pharmaceutical Company; Eli Lilly & Company; Forest Laboratories; Glaxo, Inc.; Hoffman-Laroche, Inc.; Johnson & Johnson; Merck & Company, Inc.; Marion Merrell Dow, Inc.; Pfizer, Inc.; Purdue Frederick Company; Rhone Poulenc-Rorer Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Sandoz Pharmaceutical Corporation; The Schering Corporation; Schering-Plough Corporation; G.D. Searle & Company; Smithkline Beecham Pharmaceuticals Company; The Upjohn Company; Warner-Lambert Company; Zeneca; Medco Containment Services, Inc., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

June 23, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald J. Meltzer, Sinsheimer & Meltzer, Seattle and Barbara Hart, Goodkind Labaton Rudoff & Sucharo, New York City, for Appellants.

Paul R. Taylor, Byrnes & Keller and Thomas L. Boeder, Perkins Coie, Seattle, for Respondents.

Jon P. Ferguson, Tina E. Kondo, and Marta Lowry, Seattle, for Amicus Curiae Attorney General, State of Wash.

BECKER, Judge.

The state Consumer Protection Act directs us to be guided by federal precedent in our interpretation of the Act. Federal precedent—the United States Supreme Court's decision in Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois1— bars antitrust suits by indirect purchasers of price-fixed goods under federal law. Guided by Illinois Brick, we hold indirect purchasers are not...

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