MATTER OF RHONE-POULENC RORER INC.

No. 94-3912.

51 F.3d 1293 (1995)

In the Matter of RHONE-POULENC RORER INCORPORATED, et al., Petitioners.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 16, 1995.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied April 27, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas F. Fuson (argued), Susan Weber, Sara J. Gourley, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, for Rhone-Poulenc Inc., Armour Pharmaceutical Corp.

Duncan Barr, O'Connor, Cohn, Dillon & Barr, San Francisco, CA, Geoffrey R.W. Smith, Piper & Marbury, Washington, DC, for Miles Inc.

Richard L. Berkman, Robert A. Limbacher, Fred T. Magaziner, Richard C. Rizzo, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, for Baxter Healthcare Corp.

David I. Bell, Daphne B. Subar, Knapp, Peterson & Clarke, Glendale, CA, for Alpha Therapeutic Corp.

Debra A. Thomas, Chicago, IL, Dianne M. Nast (argued), Kohn, Savett, Klein & Graf, Philadelphia, PA, Timothy E. Eble, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, Charleston, SC, Jan Adams, St. Louis, MO, Jere M. Fishback, St. Petersburg, FL, James A. Green, Martin Levin, Levin, Middlebrooks, Mable, Thomas, Mayes & Mitchell, Pensacola, FL, Robert Huntley, Givens, Pursley & Huntley, Boise, ID, Judith S. Kavanaugh, Earl, Blank, Kavanaugh & Stotts, Sarasota, FL, Charles Kozak, Kaneohe, HI, Alan K. Laufman, Dallas, TX, Thomas W. Mull, Mull & Mull, Covington, LA, Robert L. Parks, John M. Cooney, Anderson, Moss, Parks & Sherouse, Miami, FL, David S. Shrager, Shrager, McDaid, Loftus, Flum & Spivey, Philadelphia, PA, Robert E. Turffs, Kanetsky, Moore & Deboer, Venice, FL, Timothy Davis, Heninger, Burge & Vargo, Birmingham, AL, Eric H. Weinberg, New Brunswick, NJ, Ronald B. Grayzel, Levinson, Axelrod, Wheaton & Grayzel, Edison, NJ, for John F. Grady.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and BAUER and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied April 27, 1995.*

POSNER, Chief Judge.

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