STATE OF N. C. v. CHAS. PFIZER & CO., INC.

No. 74-2154.

537 F.2d 67 (1976)

The STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Appellant, v. CHAS. PFIZER & CO., INC., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 12, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jean A. Benoy, Deputy Atty. Gen. of N. C. (Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. of N. C., John M. Silverstein, Asst. Atty. Gen. of N. C., Noel L. Allen and David S. Crump, Associate Attys. Gen., N. C. Dept. of Justice, on brief), for appellant.

Robert E. Cooper, Los Angeles, Cal. (John J. Geraghty, David W. Long, Raleigh, N. C., Julian O. von Kalinowski, Don J. Belcher, James R. Martin, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, Cal., Poyner, Geraghty, Hartsfield & Townsend, Raleigh, N. C., on brief), for appellee Chas. Pfizer and Co., Inc.

Merrell E. Clark, Jr., New York City (Joseph C. Moore, Jr., Young, Moore & Henderson, Raleigh, N. C., Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, Fish & Neave, New York City, on brief), for appellee Bristol-Myers Co.

Roberts B. Owen, Washington, D. C. (Charles E. Buffon, Washington, D. C., Joseph C. Moore, Jr., Joseph W. Yates III, Raleigh, N. C., Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., Young, Moore & Henderson, Raleigh, N. C., on brief), for appellee The Upjohn Co.

Allen F. Maulsby, New York City (Joseph C. Moore, Jr., Richard M. Hirsch, New York City, Young, Moore & Henderson, Raleigh, N. C., Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, on brief), for appellee Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp.

Samuel W. Murphy, Jr., New York City (Kenneth N. Hart, New York City, Richard Y. Holcomb, Howard E. Manning, Raleigh, N. C., Steven M. Hayes, Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, New York City, Manning, Fulton & Skinner, Raleigh, N. C., on brief), for appellee American Cyanamid Co.

Before RUSSELL, FIELD and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.


FIELD, Circuit Judge:

Alleging violations of sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, the State of North Carolina instituted this action for damages on behalf of itself, its governmental subdivisions and all citizen consumers who had purchased broad-spectrum antibiotics manufactured and sold by the defendants in North Carolina during the period 1952 to 1966. The defendants are Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc. (Pfizer), American Cyanamid Company (Cyanamid), Bristol-Myers ...

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