IN RE BRAND NAME PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ANTITRUST LIT.

No. 94 C 897. No. MDL 997.

867 F.Supp. 1338 (1994)

In re BRAND NAME PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ANTITRUST LITIGATION. This Document Relates to All Cases.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

October 24, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine A. Sazdanoff, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, Frank Cicero, Jr., James Andrew Langan, Jeffrey A. Leon, Anne J. McClain, Jeffrey S. Cashdan, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Abbott Laboratories.

H. Blair White, John W. Treece, Bruce Michael Zessar, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, for G.D. Searle & Co.

Kael Behan Kennedy, James L. Komie, Schuyler, Roche & Zwirner, Chicago, IL, Marguerite S. Boyd, John W. Nields, Jr., Howrey & Simon, Salvatore A. Romano, Patricia A. Gaegler, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, DC, for Bindley Western Industries, Inc.

David E. Everson, Stinson, Mag & Fizzell, P.C., Kansas City, MO, Michael Lee Brooks, Gregory D. Hanley, Brooks, Cahill & Hanley, Chicago, IL, Richard Alan Arnold, Scott E. Perwin, James J. Kenny, William J. Blechman, Kenny, Nachwalter, Seymour, Arnold, Critchlow & Spector, P.A., Miami, FL, Richard W. Giauque, Stephen T. Hard, Douglas H. Patton, Giauque, Crockett, Bendinger & Peterson, Salt Lake City, UT, for Marion Merrell Dow, Inc.

Ruth F. Masters, Latham & Watkins, Ralph Joseph Gabric, Willian, Brinks, Olds, Hofer, Gilson & Lione, Ltd., Lee A. Freeman, Jr., John F. Kinney, James T. Malysiak, Freeman, Freeman & Salzman, Richard William Austin, Richard S. Wisner, Audrey A. Berish, Pretzel & Stouffer, Chtd., Thomas D. Rosenwein, Nancy Schaefer, David Stewart Fleming, Heather A. Libbey, Schaefer, Rosenwein & Fleming, George L. Saunders, Jr., Saunders & Monroe, Chicago, IL, William F. Cavanaugh, Jr., Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, Thomas F. Curnin, Laura Mezey, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York City, Donald L. Flexner, Crowell & Moring, Jennifer A. Albert, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, DC, Richard J. Holwell, Ronald W. Davis, Robert A. Milne, White & Case, New York City, Arthur Makadon, Mark S. Stewart, Leslie E. John, Daniel Schoor-Rube, Stephen J. Kastenberg, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Philadelphia, PA, Herbert Dym, David L. Meyer, Jonathan R. Galst, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Robert E. Davy, Robert E. Davy, Jr. & Associates, Chicago, IL, Frederick P. Furth, Furth, Fahrner & Mason, Joseph L. Alioto, Joseph L. Alioto Law Offices, San Francisco, CA, Barbara Reeves, Morrison & Foerster, Los Angeles, CA, John Alexander Cochrane, Cochrane & Bresnahan, Charles Harley Johnson, Johnson Law Office, Joseph Andrew Kowalcik, Kowalcik Law Office, St. Paul, MN, for Burroughs Wellcome Co.

Craig Allen Varga, Peterson & Ross, Chicago, IL, Alan J. Weinschel, Bruce A. Colbath, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, Steven P. Mandell, Davidson, Goldstein, Mandell & Menkes, Chicago, IL, for Foxmeyer Drug Co.

William J. Gibbons, Latham & Watkins, Chicago, IL, J. Thomas Rosch, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, Trevor J. Chaplick, Latham & Watkins, San Francisco, CA, for McKesson Corp.

Kenneth M. Sullivan, Illinois Atty. General's Office, Chicago, IL, Jerome I. Chapman, Kenneth A. Letzler, Deena R. Bernstein, Jill T. Feeney, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, for Glaxo, Inc.

Nathan P. Eimer, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, Mary B. Cranston, Jeffrey S. Ross, Terrence A. Callan, Pillsbury, Madison and Sutro, San Francisco, CA, for Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc.

Thomas F. Gardner, Deborah Platt Herman, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Alan H. Silberman, Sanford Mark Pastroff, Evan G.S. Siegel, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, David Klingsberg, Michael Malina, David Copeland, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, for Pfizer, Inc.

Daniel Richard Formeller, Andrea Ellen Kayne, Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, Chicago, IL, Kenneth R. Logan, Richard C. Weisberg, Joseph F. Tringali, Kathryn A. Clokey, Peter G. Koclanes, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for American Home Products Corp.

Jacqueline A. Criswell, Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, Chicago, IL, Steven E. Bizar, Howard D. Scher, Stephen J. Levy, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker and Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, for Alco Health Services Corp.

William M. Hannay, Linda K. Stevens, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, IL, Robert K. Stanley, James H. Ham, III, Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis, IN, for Eli Lilly and Co.

Paul C. Saunders, Douglas D. Broadwater, Stephen S. Madsen, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Kevin J. Arquit, Richard A. Cirillo, Rogers & Wells, New York City, Eric D. Freed, Law Offices of Eric D. Freed, Los Angeles, CA, for Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Larry J. Saylor, James G. Vantine, Jr., B. Jay Yelton, III, Charles E. Ritter, Catherine M. Patterson, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Detroit, MI, Martin J. Dubowsky, Martin J. Dubowsky, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Upjohn Co.

William F. Cavanaugh, Jr., Thomas W. Pippert, Roosevelt N. Nesmith, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, for Johnson & Johnson.

Michael M. Conway, Hopkins & Sutter, P.C., Scott M. Mendel, Michael Sennett, Matthew K. Phillips, Ellen S. Kornichuk, Michael J. Abernathy, Stephen H. Wenc, Carolyn Suzanne Palk, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, IL, John W. Nields, Jr., Marguerite S. Boyd, Howrey & Simon, Washington, DC, Jennifer A. Albert, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, DC, for Purdue Frederick Co.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

KOCORAS, District Judge:

This matter is before the Court on five Motions for Summary Judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

First, the Wholesaler Defendants1 move for Summary Judgment on plaintiffs' claims against them in the Consolidated and Amended Complaint under § 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. According to the Wholesaler Defendants, the plaintiffs...

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