IN RE WARFARIN SODIUM ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Nos. 02-3603, 02-3755, 02-3757, 02-3758.

391 F.3d 516 (2004)

In re: WARFARIN SODIUM ANTITRUST LITIGATION Seymour Eagel, Appellant in No. 02-3603 Willie Hutchinson, Jr.; Vincent Palazzola; Alex Galperin; Shirley Bruce; Madison W. O'Kelly, Jr.; Garey L. McCarty, Appellants in No. 02-3755 Alan Shapiro, Appellant in No. 02-3757 Mary Cleusman, Appellant in No. 02-3758.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed December 8, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Wexler (Argued), Bragar Wexler Eagel & Morgenstern, LLP, New York, NY, for Appellant Seymour Eagel.

Jeffrey S. Friedman, Silverman & McDonald, Wilmington, DE, Edward Cochran (Argued), Shaker Heights, OH, Hilton F. Tomlinson, Pritchard, McCall & Jones, LLC, Birmingham, AL, Paul Rothstein, Gainesville, FL, N. Albert Bacharach, Jr., Gainesville, FL, Robert W. Bishop, Bishop & Associates, Louisville, KY, for Appellants Willie Hutchinson, Jr., Vincent Palazzola; Alex Galperin; Shirley Bruce; Madison W. O'Kelly, Jr.; Garey L. McCarty.

John J. Pentz (Argued), Maynard, for Appellant Alan Shapiro.

J. Arnold Fitzgerald, Andrew F. Tucker (Argued), Dayton, TN, Sidney Balick, Balick & Balick, Wilmington, DE, for Appellant Mary Cleusman.

Bernard Persky (Argued), Barbara J. Hart, Vaishali Shetty, Goodkind Labaton Rudoff & Sucharow LLP, New York, NY, for Appellees John Kusnerick, et al.; Sara Altman; Samuel Gordon Tischler; Marie A. Steckel; Robert Bareiss; John Civatte, Jr.; Mary Banten; Arkansas Carpenters' Health & Welfare Fund; Operating Engineers Local 312 Health & Welfare Fund; United Food and Commercial Union and Employers Midwest Health Benefits Fund; United Wisconsin Services, Inc., now known as Cobalt Corporation; Louisiana Health Service and Indemnity Corporation doing business as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana.

William R. Kane, Miller, Faucher and Cafferty, Philadelphia, PA, Alan H. Rolnick, Hanzman & Criden, Coral Gables, FL, Marvin A. Miller and Jennifer W. Sprengel, Miller, Faucher and Cafferty LLP, Chicago, IL, for Appellees John Kusnerick, et al.; Sara Altman; Samuel Gordon Tischler; Marie A. Steckel; Arkansas Carpenters' Health & Welfare Fund; Operating Engineers Local 312 Health & Welfare Fund; United Food and Commercial Union and Employers Midwest Health Benefits Fund; United Wisconsin Services, Inc., now known as Cobalt Corporation; Louisiana Health Service and Indemnity Corporation doing business as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana.

Pamela S. Tikellis, Chimicles & Tikellis, Wilmington, DE, for Appellees John Kusnerick, et al.; Sara Altman; Samuel Gordon Tischler; Marie A. Steckel; Robert Bareiss; John Civatte, Jr. Mary Banten.

Richard W. Cohen (Argued), Lowey, Dannenberg, Bemporad & Selinger, White Plains, NY, for Appellee United Wisconsin Services, Inc., now known as Cobalt Corporation.

Donald J. Wolfe, Jr., Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, DE, George D. Ruttinger (Argued), Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC, for Appellee Dupont Pharmaceutical Company.

Before SCIRICA, Chief Judge, FUENTES, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

FUENTES, Circuit Judge.

This matter arises out of a consolidated class action suit seeking injunctive and monetary relief in connection with the sale of Coumadin, the brand name for the prescription drug warfarin sodium manufactured and marketed by the DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company ("DuPont").1 Plaintiffs allege that DuPont's anticompetitive behavior and dissemination of false and misleading information...

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