IN RE RELAFEN ANTITRUST LITIGATION

No. CIV.A. 01-12239-WGY.

286 F.Supp.2d 56 (2003)

In re RELAFEN ANTITRUST LITIGATION

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

October 1, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Alper, Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane, New York, NY, for Eon Labs, Inc., Consol Plaintiff.

Richard A. Arnold, Kenny Nachwalter Seymour Arnold Critchlow & Spector, PA, Miami, FL, for Walgreen Company, Consol Plaintiff.

Michael J. Boni, Kohn, Swift & Graf, Philadelphia, PA, for Meijer Distribution, Inc., Meijer, Inc., Plaintiffs.

Bernard J. Bonn, III, Abbey Gardy & Squitieri, New York, NY, for Glaxosmithkline PLC, Smithkline Beecham Corporation, Defendants.

Jacqueline E. Bryks, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, New York, NY, for Meijer Distribution, Inc., Meijer, Inc., Plaintiffs.

Michael M. Buchman, Milbert, Welss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, LLP, New York, NY, for A.F. of L.—A.G.C. Building Trades Welfare Plan, End-Payor Plaintiffs, Hy-Vee, Inc., IBEW—NECA Local 505 Health & Welfare Plan, Sheet Metal Workers Local 441 Health & Welfare Plan, Consol Plaintiffs.

Patrick E. Cafferty, Miller, Faucher and Cafferty, LLP, Ann Arbor, MI, for A.F. of L.—A.G.C. Building Trades Welfare Plan, End-Payor Plaintiffs, Hy-Vee, Inc., IBEW—NECA Local 505 Health & Welfare Plan, Safeway, Inc., Sheet Metal Workers Local 441 Health & Welfare Plan, Consol Plaintiffs.

Neill Clark, Berger & Montague, Philadelphia, PA, for Meijer Distribution, Inc., Meijer, Inc., Plaintiffs.

Eric Cramer, Berger & Montague, Philadelphia, PA, for Meijer Distribution, Inc., Meijer, Inc., Plaintiffs.

Glen DeValerio, Berman DeValerio Pease Tabacco Burt & Pucillo, Boston, MA, for Smithfield Foods, Inc, Louise Houchins, Consol Plaintiffs.

Kathleen M. Donovan-Maher, Berman DeValerio Pease Tabacco Burt & Pucillo, Boston, MA, for Louise Houchins, Consol Plaintiff.

Ruth T. Dowling, Palmer & Dodge, LLP, Boston, MA, for Eon Labs, Inc., Consol Plaintiff.

Nancy F. Gans, Moulton & Gans, PC, Boston, MA, for Meijer Distribution, Inc., Meijer, Inc., Plaintiffs.

George G. Gordon, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Glaxosmithkline PLC, Smithkline Beecham Corporation, Defendants.

Daniel E. Gustafson, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN, for A.F. of L.—A.G.C. Building Trades Welfare Plan, End-Payor Plaintiffs, Hy-Vee, Inc., IBEW—NECA Local 505 Health & Welfare Plan, Sheet Metal Workers Local 441 Health & Welfare Plan, Consol Plaintiffs.

Samuel D. Heins, Heins, Mills & Olson, Minneapolis, MN, for A.F. of L.—A.G.C. Building Trades Welfare Plan, End-Payor Plaintiffs, Hy-Vee, Inc., IBEW—NECA Local 505 Health & Welfare Plan, Sheet Metal Workers Local 441 Health & Welfare Plan, Consol Plaintiffs.

Theodore M. Hess-Mahan, Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP, Boston, MA, for Direct Purchaser, Consol Plaintiff.

Timothy C. Hester, Washington, DC, for Glaxosmithkline PLC, Smithkline Beecham Corporation, Defendants.

Elizabeth J. Holland, Kenyon & Kenyon, New York, NY, for Teva Pharmaceutical Industries LTD, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Consol Plaintiffs.

Mayme A. Holt-Brown, Percy, Smith, Foote, & Gadel, LLP, Alexandria, LA, for Teamsters Local No. 35 Heath Plans, Elliot Franklin, Patrick J. Lynch, Consol Plaintiffs.

Michael J. Kane, Mager White & Goldstein LLP, Jenkintown, PA, for Barbara Brown, Consol Plaintiff.

Robert N. Kaplan, Kaplan, Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, New York, NY, for Meijer Distribution, Inc., Meijer, Inc., Plaintiffs.

Kevin T. Kerns, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Glaxosmithkline PLC, Smithkline Beecham Corporation, Defendants.

Richard J. Kilsheimer, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, New York, NY, for Meijer Distribution, Inc., Meijer, Inc., Plaintiffs.

Peter Kohn, Berger & Montague, Philadelphia, PA, for Meijer Distribution, Inc., Meijer, Inc., Plaintiffs.

Steven J. Lee, Kenyon & Kenyon, New York, NY, for Teva Pharmaceutical Industries LTD, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Consol Plaintiffs.

Theodore M. Leiverman, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff, Philadelphia, PA, for A.F. of L.—A.G.C. Building Trades Welfare Plan, End-Payor Plaintiffs, IBEW— NECA Local 505 Health & Welfare Plan, Sheet Metal Workers Local 441 Health & Welfare Plan, Consol Plaintiffs.

Lester L. Levy, Wolf, Popper, Ross, Wolf & Jones, New York, NY, for Barbara Brown, Consol Plaintiff.

Richard D Margiano, Palmer & Dodge LLP, Boston, MA, for Eon Labs, Inc., Consol Plaintiff.

James W. Matthews, Sherin and Lodgen LLP, Boston, MA, for Teva Pharmaceutical Industries LTD, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Consol Plaintiffs.

Robert J. Muldoon, Jr., Boston, MA, for Teva Pharmaceutical Industries LTD, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Consol Plaintiffs.

Edward Notargiacomo, Hagens Berman, Boston, MA, for A.F. of L.—A.G.C. Building Trades Welfare Plan, End-Payor Plaintiffs, Hy-Vee, Inc., IBEW—NECA Local 505 Health & Welfare Plan, Safeway, Inc., Sheet Metal Workers Local 441 Health & Welfare Plan, Barbara Brown, Jennifer Kravitz, Consol Plaintiffs.

Linda P. Nussbaum, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, New York, NY, for Meijer Distribution, Inc., Meijer, Inc., Plaintiffs.

Joseph Opper, Garwin, Bronzaft, Gerstein & Fisher, New York, NY, for Teva Pharmaceutical Industries LTD, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Consol Plaintiffs.

Margaret H. Paget, Sherin & Lodgen, Boston, MA, for Teva Pharmaceutical Industries LTD, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Consol Plaintiffs.

David K. Park, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New York, NY, for Teva Pharmaceutical Industries LTD, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Consol Plaintiffs.

David Pastor, Gilman and Pastor, LLP, Saugus, for Tyler Fox, Consol Plaintiff.

Douglas H. Patton, Dewsnup, King & Olsen, Salt Lake City, UT, for Teamsters Local No. 35 Heath Plans, Walgreen Company, Elliot Franklin, Patrick J. Lynch, Consol Plaintiffs.

Bemard Persky, Goodkind, Labaton, Rudoff & Sucharow, LLP, New York, NY, for Meijer Distribution, Inc., Plaintiff.

Scott E. Perwin, Kenny, Nachwalter, Seymour, Arnold, Critchlow & Spector, Miami, FL, for Albertson's, Inc., Eckerd Corporation, Hy-Vee, Inc., Kroger Co., The, Walgreen Company, Consol Plaintiffs.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case presents a consolidated action against Smithkline Beecham Corporation and Glaxosmithkline P.L.C. (collectively "Smithkline") for various violations of the antitrust laws with respect to its patent for the chemical compound known as nabumetone, which it sells commercially as "Relafen." Smithkline moves to dismiss all claims against it as barred by the applicable statute of...

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