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IN RE K-DUR ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Nos. 10-2077, 10-2078, 10-2079, 10-4571.

686 F.3d 197 (2012)

In re K-DUR ANTITRUST LITIGATION. Louisiana Wholesale Drug Co., Inc., on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Appellants. In re K-DUR Antitrust Litigation. CVS Pharmacy, Inc.; Rite Aid Corporation, Appellants. In re K-DUR Antitrust Litigation. Walgreen Co., Eckerd Corporation, The Kroger Co., Safeway Inc., Albertson's Inc., Hy-Vee, Inc., and Maxi Drug, Inc., Appellants. In re K-DUR Antitrust Litigation. Merck & Co., Inc.; Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: July 16, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Berger , Daniel C. Simons , David Francis Sorensen (Argued), Berger & Montague, Philadelphia, PA, Bruce E. Gerstein , Kimberly Hennings , Joseph Opper , Barry S. Taus , Garwin Gerstein & Fisher, New York, NY, Peter S. Pearlman , Cohn, Lifland, Pearlman, Herrmann & Knopf, Saddle Brook, NJ, for Appellants, No. 10-2077.

Barry L. Refsin , Hangley, Aronchick, Segal, Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA, Steve D. Shadowen (Argued), Hangley, Aronchick, Segal, Pudlin & Schiller, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellants, Nos. 10-2078, 10-4571.

Deborah S. Corbishley , Scott E. Perwin , Lauren C. Ravkind , Kenny Nachwalter , Miami, FL, for Appellants, Nos. 10-4571, 10-2079.

Gage Andretta , William E. Goydan , Robert L. Tchack , Wolff & Samson, West Orange, NJ, Jennifer K. Conrad , Steven W. Copley , A. Gregory Grimsal , Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, New Orleans, LA, Jaime M. Crowe , Christopher M. Curran , White & Case, Ashley E. Bass , Thomas A. Isaacson , John W. Nields, Jr. (Argued), Alan M. Wiseman , Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Mark A. Cunningham , David G. Radlauer , Jones Walker, New Orleans, LA, Richard H. Gill , George W. Walker , Copeland Franco Screws & Gills, Montgomery, AL, Richard Hernandez , William J. O'Shaughnessy , McCarter & English, Newark, NJ, Charles A. Loughlin , Baker Botts, Washington, DC, for Appellees, Nos. 10-2077, 10-2078.

Ellen Meriwether , Cafferty Faucher , Philadelphia, PA, for Amicus Appellant, American Antitrust Institute, Proposed Amicus Appellants, Nos. 10-2077, 10-2078.

Adam R. Lawton , Jeffrey I. Weinberger , Munger, Tolles & Olson, Los Angeles, CA, for Amicus Appellee Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, No. 10-2077.

Imad D. Abyad , John F. Daly , Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, for Amicus Appellant Federal Trade Commission, No. 10-2077.

Richard A. Samp , Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC, for Amicus Appellee Washington Legal Foundation, No. 10-2077.

Werner L. Margard, III , Office of Attorney General, Columbus, OH, Attorney for Amicus Appellants, No. 10-2077.

Catherine G. O'Sullivan , United States Department of Justice, Appellate Section, David Seidman , United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Malcolm L. Stewart (Argued), United States Department of Justice, Office of Solicitor General, Washington, DC, for Amicus Appellant United States, No. 10-2077.

Donald L. Bell, II , National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Alexandria, VA, for Amicus Appellant Nat'l Ass'n Chain Drug Stores, Inc., Nos. 10-2077, 10-2078.

Before: SLOVITER, VANASKIE, Circuit Judges and STENGEL, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, we consider the antitrust implications of an agreement by a manufacturer of a generic drug that, in return for a payment by the patent holder, agrees to drop its challenge to the patent and refrain from entering the market for a specified period of time.

A secondary issue concerns the certification by the District Court of a class of antitrust plaintiffs. Specifically, we must determine...

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