STATE v. ORTHO-McNEIL-JANSSEN PHARM.

No. 27502.

414 S.C. 33 (2015)

777 S.E.2d 176

STATE of South Carolina ex rel. Alan WILSON, in his capacity as Attorney General of the State of South Carolina, Respondent, v. ORTHO-McNEIL-JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., f/k/a Janssen Pharmaceutical, Inc., and/or Janssen, L.P., and Johnson & Johnson, Inc., Defendants, of whom Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is the Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided February 25, 2015.

Withdrawn, Substituted and Refiled July 8, 2015.

Rehearing Granted July 8, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven W. Hamm and Steven J. Pugh , both of Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, PA, of Columbia, C. Mitchell Brown , William C. Wood, Jr. , A. Mattison Bogan and Miles E. Coleman , all of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, of Columbia, Edward M. Posner and Chanda A. Miller , both of Drinker Biddle & Reath, of Philadelphia, PA, for appellant.

John B. White, Jr. , and Donald C. Coggins, Jr. , both of Harrison, White, Smith & Coggins, PC, of Spartanburg, John S. Simmons , of Simmons Law Firm, LLC, of Columbia, Attorney General, Alan M. Wilson , Deputy Attorney General, Robert D. Cook and Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Clyde H. Jones, Jr. , all of Columbia, Fletcher v. Trammell , Robert W. Cowan , and Elizabeth W. Dwyer , all of Bailey Peavy Bailey, of Houston, TX, for respondent.

Gray T. Culbreath and Laura W. Jordan , both of Gallivan White & Boyd, P.A., of Columbia, for Amici Curiae, The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, South Carolina Business and Industry Political Education Committee and The South Carolina Manufacturer's Alliance.


ORDER

This matter comes before the Court on the petition of Appellant Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., for rehearing of this Court's opinion in State ex rel. Wilson v. Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Op. No. 27502 (S.C.Sup.Ct. filed Feb. 25, 2015). We grant the petition, dispense with further briefing, and file a substituted opinion, which is attached to this order.1 While Appellant persists in pursuing...

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