ABBOTT LABORATORIES et al.
v.
Cecil DURRETT et al.
Supreme Court of Alabama.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 25, 1999.
Rehearing Denied October 22, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William D. Coleman and Raymond L. Jackson of Capell, Howard, Knabe & Cobbs, P.A., Montgomery, for appellant Ciba-Geigy Corp. and on behalf of all Manufacturer defendants.
Richard H. Gill of Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, Montgomery, for appellant Schering-Plough Corp. and on behalf of all Manufacturer defendants.
Lawrence B. Clark and E. Burton Spence of Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, L.L.P., Birmingham, for appellants.
Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Russell Jackson Drake, and Peter Burke of Cooper, Mitch, Crawford, Kuykendall & Whatley, L.L.C., Birmingham; and Michael Straus and Philippa McC. Bainbridge of Bainbridge & Straus, Birmingham; J. Michael Rediker, Thomas L. Krebs, Steven P. Gregory, and Michael J. Skotnicki of Ritchie & Rediker, Birmingham; David Cromwell Johnson and J. Flint Liddon of Johnson, Liddon, Bear & Tuggle, Birmingham; J.L. Chestnut, Jr., of Chestnut, Sanders, Sanders & Pettaway, P.C., Selma; and T. Roe Frazer II, Richard Freese, and Dennis C. Sweet III of Langston, Frazer, Sweet & Freese, P.A., Jackson, MS, for appellees.
J. Vernon Patrick, Jr., and Jeffrey V. Havercroft of J. Vernon Patrick, Jr. & Assocs., P.C., Birmingham, for Eli Lilly & Co.
Amici curiae:
Tabor R. Novak, Jr., and E. Hamilton Wilson, Jr., of Ball, Ball, Matthews & Novak, P.A., Montgomery, for amici curiae Durr Drug Company and Bergen Brunswig Corp.
Crawford S. McGivaren, Jr., of Cabiness, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, Birmingham, for amici curiae Cardinal Health, Inc., Whitmire Distribution Corp., Bindley Western Industries, Inc., McKesson Corp., and Amerisource Corp.
Melvin R. Goldman and Lori A. Schechter of Morrison & Foerster, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA; Thomas L. Long of Baker & Hostetler, Columbus, OH; Nada S. Suliaman of Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, DC; J. Thomas Rosch and Peter K. Huston, San Francisco, CA; and Howard D. Scher and Steven E. Bizar of Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA.
Luther S. Pate IV; Herman Watson, Jr., and Samuel H. Givhan of Watson Jimmerson, P.C., Huntsville, for farming plaintiffs in another case and for "Alabama Farming Businesses"; and Jerry James Wood, Montgomery, for Home Bldrs. Ass'n of Alabama, Inc.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
On Rehearing Ex Mero Motu
PER CURIAM.
The opinion of July 31, 1998, is withdrawn and the following is substituted therefor.
The issue presented on this appeal is whether Ala.Code 1975, § 6-5-60, provides a cause of action for damage alleged to have resulted from a conspiracy to control the price of brand-name prescription drugs that were shipped from companies out-of-state into Alabama. The trial court ruled that § 6-5-60 provides...
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