In re COORDINATED PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS IN ANTIBIOTIC ANTITRUST ACTIONS.
Appeal of UNITED STATES of America.
UNITED STATES of America, Appellant,
v.
PFIZER INC., American Cyanamid Company, Bristol-Myers Company, Olin Corporation, Squibb, Inc., E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., and The Upjohn Company.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued February 1, 1982.
Decided February 16, 1982.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Richard J. Favretto, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Barry Grossman, Marion L. Jetton (argued), Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant; Paul A. Owens, Edward S. Panek, Jr., Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., of counsel.
Joseph A. Tate, George E. Rahn, Jr., David G. Battis, Philadelphia, Pa., Robert E. Cooper (argued), James P. Clark, Los Angeles, Cal., Thomas H. Shiah, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee, Pfizer Inc.; Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, Cal., of counsel.
Richard A. Horgan, Stuart M. Reynolds, Jr., Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, Henry J. Zafian, Fish & Neave, New York City, for appellee, Bristol-Myers Co.
Allen F. Maulsby, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, for appellees, Ohn Corp., Squibb, Inc., and E. R. Squibb and Sons, Inc.
Charles E. Buffon, Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., for appellee, The Upjohn Co.
Samuel W. Murphy, Jr. (argued), Kenneth N. Hart, William J. T. Brown, Kenneth E. Newman, Eric J. Lobenfeld, Andrew J. Miller, Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, New York City, F. Hastings Griffin, Jr., Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee, American Cyanamid Co.
K. Robert Conrad, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees, Bristol-Myers Co., Olin Corp., Squibb, Inc., E. R. Squibb and Sons, Inc., and The Upjohn Co.
Before GIBBONS, WEIS and GARTH, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge:
The United States appeals from a judgment in favor of defendants Pfizer, Inc. (Pfizer), American Cyanamid Co. (Cyanamid), Bristol-Myers Co. (Bristol), Olin Corporation (Olin), Squibb, Inc., E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc. (collectively Squibb), and The Upjohn Company (Upjohn), in a multicount suit to cancel the Conover patent1 held by Pfizer on the antibiotic drug tetracycline and for...
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