In re DDAVP DIRECT PURCHASER ANTITRUST LITIGATION.
Meijer, Inc., Meijer Distribution, Inc., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
Rochester Drug Co-Operative, Inc., Louisiana Wholesale Drug Co., Inc., Consolidated-Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Ferring B.V., Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Defendants-Appellees,
v.
Vista Healthplan, Inc., on behalf of itself and all others, Pennsylvania Employees Benefit Trust Fund, on behalf of itself and all others, Painters District Council No. 30 Health and Welfare Fund, Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Health and Welfare Fund, Consolidated Plaintiffs.
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Argued: September 15, 2008.
Decided: October 16, 2009.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
David F. Sorensen, (Daniel Berger, Daniel C. Simons, on the brief), Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Bruce Gerstein, Adam Steinfeld, Garwin Gerstein & Fisher, LLP, New York, NY, Linda P. Nussbaum, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Douglas L. Wald, (William J. Baer, Barbara H. Wootton, Jon J. Nathan, on the brief), Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees Ferring B.V. and Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Julia E. McEvoy, (Donald B. Ayer, John M. Majoras, Donald Earl Childress III, Christopher R. Farrell, on the brief), Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
James J. Fredericks, (Thomas O. Barnett, Assistant Attorney General, Gerald F. Masoudi, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Robert B. Nicholson, Attorney, on the brief), U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, William Blumental, General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae United States and Federal Trade Commission.
J. Douglas Richards, Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross LLP, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae the American Antitrust Institute, AARP, the Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, and Families USA.
Andrew W. Cuomo, Attorney General of the State of New York, Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Benjamin N. Gutman, Deputy Solicitor General, Jay L. Himes, Chief, Antitrust Bureau, Robert L. Hubbard, Director of Litigation, Antitrust Bureau, of counsel, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae the States of New York, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
Margaret M. Zwisler, Charles R. Price, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC, Diane E. Bieri, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Washington, DC, Thomas DiLenge, Biotechnology Industry Organization, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and the Biotechnology Industry Organization.
Before: FEINBERG, WALKER, and LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge:
This case presents a novel question of standing that lies at the junction of antitrust and patent law. The plaintiffs, direct purchasers of desmopressin acetate tablets (sold under the name DDAVP), filed this class action in the Southern District of New York (Charles L. Brieant, Judge) against the defendants Ferring B.V., Ferring Pharmaceuticals (collectively, "Ferring"), and Aventis Pharmaceuticals ("Aventis"), alleging...
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