IN RE BRAND NAME PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ANTITRUST LIT.

No. 94 C 897.

878 F.Supp. 1078 (1995)

In re BRAND NAME PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ANTITRUST LITIGATION. This document relates to: All Cases.

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

January 4, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greg Shinall, Sperling, Slater & Spitz, P.C., Chicago, IL, Jeff Robert Branick, Richard Lyle Coffman, Provost & Umphrey, Beaumont, TX, for Antitrust Litigation.

James M. McGraw, Looper, Reed, Mark & McGraw, Inc., Houston, TX, for Randalls Food & Drug.

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 GD Searle & Co. defendant.

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 Bendley Western Industries, Inc.

Jerome H. Torshen, Torshen, Spreyer & Garmisa, Ltd., Lee A. Freeman, Freeman, Freeman & Salzman, P.C., Chicago, IL, 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, Peter J. Venaglia, Jeffrey M. Strank, Dornbush, Mensch, Mandelstam & Schaeffer, New York City, 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, P.C., 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, Chicago, IL, Mark G. Arnold, Husch, Eppenberger, Donohue, Elson & Cornfeld, St. Louis, MO, 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, 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, John Kenneth Kallman, Law Offices of John Kenneth Kallman, Chicago, IL, Robert A. Milne, Dewey Ballantine, New York City, 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.

Jerome I. Chapman, Kenneth A. Letzler, Deena R. Bernstein, Jill T. Feeney, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Kenneth M. Sullivan, Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Chicago, IL, for Glaxo, Inc.

Nathan P. Eimer, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, Mary B. Cranston, Jeffrey S. Ross, Terrence A. Callan, San Francisco, CA, for Phone-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, Donald E. Egan, Stephen David Libowsky, Katten, Muchin & Zavis, 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 & 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-Meyers Squibb Co.

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

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

Michael M. Conway, Hopkins & Sutter, P.C., Scott M. Mendel, Michael Sennett, Matthew K. Phillips, Ellen Kornichuk Emery, Michael J. Abernathy, Stephen H. Wenc, Carolyn Suzanne Palk, 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.

Aldo A. Badini, Deirdre M. McDonald, White & Case, Michael J. Gallagher, Dewey Ballantine, New York City, for Ciba-Geigy Corp.

William M. McErlean, Fredric Adam Cohen, Suzanne Robinson, Rudnick & Wolfe, Chicago, IL, for Thrift Drug Inc.

Michael M. Conway, Hopkins & Sutter, P.C., Chicago, IL, John W. Nields, Jr., Howrey & Simon, Washington, DC, for Schering-Plough Corp.

Richard Lewis Reinish, Keck, Mahin & Cate, Chicago, IL, Arlin M. Adams, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, PA, Steve D. Shadowen, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Harrisburg, PA, Ira P. Tiger, Philadelphia, PA, for RX USA, Inc.

Stephen David Libowsky, Katten, Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, IL, Kenneth R. Logan, Joseph F. Tringali, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for American Cyanamid Co.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

KOCORAS, District Judge:

This matter is before the court on the Manufacturer Defendants' motion for certification for interlocutory appeal. On October 18, 1994, this court issued an order denying the Manufacturer Defendant's motion for summary judgment. In that motion, the Manufacturer Defendants argued that the plaintiffs were indirect purchasers within the meaning of Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois, 431 U...

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