Jerry BEEMAN and Pharmacy Services, Inc., dba Beeman's Pharmacy; Charles Miller, dba Medicine Shoppe; Anthony Hutchinson and Rocida, Inc., dba Finley's Rexall Drug; Jim Morisoli and American Surgical Pharmacy, Inc., dba American Surgical Pharmacy; Bill Pearson and Pearson and House, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated and on behalf of the general public, dba Pearson's Medical Group Pharmacy, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
TDI MANAGED CARE SERVICES, INC., dba Eckerd Health Services; Medco Health Solutions, Inc.; Express Scripts, Inc.; Advance PCS, Defendants-Appellees.
Anthony Hutchinson, and Rocida, Inc., dba Finley's Rexall Drug; Charles Miller, dba Yucaipa Valley Pharmacy; Jim Morisoli, and American Surgical Pharmacy, Inc., dba American Surgical Pharmacy; Bill Pearson, and Pearson and House, dba Pearson's Medical Group Pharmacy, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated and on behalf of the general public; Jerry Beeman, and Pharmacy Services, Inc., dba Beeman's Pharmacy, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Anthem Prescription Management, Inc.; Argus Health Opinion Systems, Inc.; Benescript Services, Inc.; FFI Rx Managed Care; First Health Services Corporation, dba Virginia First Health Services Corp.; Managed Pharmacy Benefits, Inc.; Mede America Corp.; National Medical Health Card Systems, Inc.; Pharmacare Management Services, Inc.; Prime Therapeutics; Restat Corporation; Rx Solutions, Inc.; Tmesys, Inc.; WHP Health Initiatives, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
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Argued and Submitted April 3, 2006.
Filed June 2, 2006.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Michael A. Bowse and Allan Browne, Browne Woods & George, LLP, Beverly Hills, CA, Alan M. Mansfield, John W. Hanson, and Hallen D. Rosner, Rosner Law & Mansfield, San Diego, CA, Bonny E. Sweeney, Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, LLP, San Diego, CA, for the appellants.
Thomas N. Makris, Andrea L. Courtney, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Sacramento, CA, Daniel A. Johnson, Richard T. Williams, Holland & Knight, Los Angeles, CA, Richard S. Goldstein, Heller Ehrman LLP, New York, NY, John M. Landry, Joshua D. Taylor, Richard S. Goldstein, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Gail E. Lees, Christopher Chorba, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Angela S. Quinn, Husch & Eppenberg, LLC, St. Louis, MO, Lawrence P. Riff, Steptoe & Johnson, Los Angeles, CA, Martin D. Schneiderman, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Washington, DC, for the appellees in No. 04-56369.
Molly Moriarty Lane, Richard Odom, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, San Francisoco, CA, Michael Katz, Charles E. Patterson, Morrison & Foerster, Los Angeles, CA, C. Lee Ann McCurry, Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, GA, Kent A Halkett, Musick Peeler & Garrett, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Lawrence P. Riff, Jason Levin, Steptoe & Johnson, Los Angeles, CA, Thomas N. Makris, Andrea L. Courtney, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Sacramento, CA, Brian D. Martin, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Diego, CA, Robert F. Schoular, David S. Alverson, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, James W. Mercer, Santa Monica, CA, Neil R. O'Hanlon, Hogan & Hartson L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, Nicholas P. Roxborough, Craig S. Pynes, Roxborough, Pomerance & Nye, LLP, Woodland Hills, CA, Alex R. Baghdassarian, Holland & Knight LLP, Los Angeles, CA, J. Kevin Snyder, Dykema Gossett LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Sean M. Sherlock, Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., Costa Mesa, CA, Robert A. Muhlbach, Kirtland & Packard, El Segundo, CA, Kurt C. Peterson, Lisa M. Baird, Reed Smith, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Robert P. Mallory, Mathew Oster, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellees in No. 04-56384.
Before MARY M. SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, MYRON H. BRIGHT, and HARRY PREGERSON, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-Appellants Pharmacies brought suit against Defendants-Appellees Pharmacy Benefit Managers ("PBMs") based on violations of California Civil Code §§ 2527 and 2528. The district court dismissed the Pharmacies' claims due to lack of "injury in fact" sufficient to confer Article III standing. We reverse and remand.
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