IN RE WARFARIN SODIUM ANTITRUST LITIGATION

No. 99-5034.

214 F.3d 395 (2000)

In re WARFARIN SODIUM ANTITRUST LITIGATION John Kusnerik; Sara Altman; Samuel Gordon Tischler; Marie A. Steckel; Robert Bareiss; John Civatte, Jr.; Mary Banten, Appellants

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed May 30, 2000


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Persky (Argued), Barbara J. Hart, Ngozi Okaro, Goodkind, Labaton, Rudoff & Sucharow LLP, New York, N.Y., Pamela S. Tikellis, Robert J. Kriner, Jr., Chimicles & Tikellis, Wilmington, DE, Marvin A. Miller, Jennifer Winter Sprengel, Michael C. Dell'Angelo, Miller, Faucher, Cafferty and Wexler, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Michael A. Hanzman, Michael A. Criden, Alan H. Rolnick, Hanzman, Criden, Chaykin & Ponce, P.A., Miami, FL, James R. Capretz, Capretz & Associates, LLP, Newport Beach, CA, Mel Lifshitz, Mary Hoover, Bernstein Liebhard & Lifshitz, LLP, New York, N.Y., Paul Goltz, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellants.

George D. Ruttinger (Argued), Jeane A. Thomas, Crowell & Moring, LLP, Washington, D.C., Donald J. Wolfe, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE, for Appellee.

Before: MANSMANN, GREENBERG and BARRY, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MANSMANN, Circuit Judge.

Consumers of the prescription drug Coumadin, anxious to purchase its generic equivalent, ask us to determine if complaints filed by them sufficiently state a claim for injunctive relief under section 16 of the Clayton Act against Coumadin's manufacturer. We find that in dismissing the complaints under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), the District Court improperly referred to matters beyond the complaints and did not correctly...

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