VALLEY DRUG CO. v. GENEVA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

No. 02-10171.

350 F.3d 1181 (2003)

VALLEY DRUG COMPANY, Louisiana Wholesale Drug Co., Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Sherman Act Class Plaintiffs, Consolidated-Plaintiff-Appellee, Walgreen Co., Inc., Drug Mart Pharmacy Corp., et al., Plaintiffs, Hy-Vee, Inc., from 99cv1938, Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., from 99cv1938 et al., Consolidated—Plaintiffs, v. GENEVA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Defendant, Zenith Goldline Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Defendant, Abbott Laboratories, Defendant-Consolidated — Defendant-Appellant, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Ivax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., f.k.a. Zenith Goldline Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Consolidated-Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Decided November 14, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon W. Zeder, Ferrell, Schultz, Carter, Zumpano & Fertel, P.A., Miami, FL, Jeffrey I. Weinberger, Stuart N. Senator, Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Wayne A. Cross, Dewey Ballantine LLP, New York City, for Abbott Laboratories.

Mitchell W. Berger, Berger & Singerman P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, David F. Sorensen, Daniel Berger, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Richard B. Drubel, Boies, Schiller & Flexner L.L.P., Hanover, NH, Barry S. Taus, Garwin, Bronzaft, Gerstein & Fisher L.L.P., New York City, for Valley Drug Co., Louisiana Wholesale Drug Co., Inc. and Sherman Act Class Plaintiffs.

Scott E. Perwin, Kenny, Nachwalter, Seymour, Arnold, Critchlow & Spector P.A., Miami, FL, for Albertson's Inc., Eckerd Corp., Hy-Vee, Inc., The Kroger Co., The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. and Walgreen Co., Amici Curiae.

Steve D. Shadowen, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis LLP, Harrisburg, PA, for CVS Meridian, Inc. and Rite Aid Corp., Amici Curiae.

Before TJOFLAT, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and STAFFORD, District Judge.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

This case, which involves intersecting questions of antitrust law and class action procedure, comes to us on appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Louisiana Wholesale Drug Co. ("Louisiana Wholesale") and Valley Drug Co. ("Valley Drug") allege that the defendant Abbott Laboratories ("Abbott"), violated section 4 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 151, and section one...

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