WISCONSIN v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, AMGEN, INC.

No. 04-C-0477-C.

341 F.Supp.2d 1057 (2004)

State of WISCONSIN, Plaintiff, v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, AMGEN, INC., Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP, Astrazeneca, LP, Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Aventis Behring, LLC., Baxter International, Inc., Bayer Corporation, Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Dey, Inc., Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc., Gensia Sicor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Glaxosmithkline, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Inc., Pfizer, Inc., Pharmacia, Schering-Plough Corporation, Tap Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.

October 5, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Barnhill and Cynthia R. Hirsch, for Plaintiff.

James R. Daly, Attorney at Law, Chicago, IL, R. Christopher Cook, Jones Day, Washington, DC, William M. Conley, Foley & Lardner, Madison, WI, Steven F. Barley, Hogan & Hartson L.L.P., Baltimore, MD, Brian E. Butler, Stafford Rosenbaum, LLP, Madison, WI, Carlos M. Pelayo, Davis Polk and Wardwell, New York, NY, Paul Schliefman, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Washington, DC, Michael L. Koon, Kansas City, MO, Stephen P. Hurley, Hurley, Burish & Milliken, S.C., Madison, WI, Bill Nussbaum, Hogan & Hartson LLP, Washington, DC, Merle M. Delancey, Dickstein, Shapiro, Morion & Oshinsky, Washington, DC, Kevin J. O'Connor, Lafollette, Godfrey & Kahn, Madison, WI, Allen S. Kinzer, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Columbus, OH, Roberta F. Howell, Foley & Lardner, Madison, WI, Steven M. Edwards, Hogan & Hartson LLP, New York, NY, John M. Moore, Bell, Gierhart & Moore, S.C., Madison, WI, Christopher Palermo, Kelley, Drye & Warren LLP, New York, NY, Bruce A. Schultz, Coyne, Niess, Schultz, Becker & Bauer, Madison, WI, Kathleen H. McGuan, Attorney at Law, Washington, DC, Lester A. Pines, Cullen, Weston, Pines & Bach, Madison, WI, T. Reed Stephens, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, LLP, Washington, DC, Daniel W. Hildebrand, Dewitt, Ross & Stevens, Madison, WI, Waltraud A. Arts, Quarles & Brady, Madison, WI, Andrew Schau, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY, John C. Dodds, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Timothy W. Feeley, Von Briesen & Roper, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, Earl H. Munson, Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field, Madison, WI, Brien T. O'Connor, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA, Lynn M. Stathas, Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Madison, WI, Allen C. Schlinsog, Jr., Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Milwaukee, WI, Daniel E. Reidy, Attorney at Law, Chicago, IL, Douglas B. Farquhar, Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, Washington, DC, Ralph A. Weber, Gass Weber Mullins, LLC, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants.


OPINION and ORDER

CRABB, District Judge.

This is a suit for monetary and injunctive relief filed by the State of Wisconsin against twenty pharmaceutical manufacturers. Plaintiff alleges that defendants inflated the average wholesale prices of their drugs, thereby violating several provisions of Wisconsin law. The case was originally filed in the Circuit Court for Dane County. On July 14, 2004, defendant Bayer Corporation filed a notice of removal with this...

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