In Re: Tamoxifen Citrate Antitrust Litigation
JOBLOVE, ALLIED SERVS., DIV WELFARE FUND, BENNISH, KOONAN, GREAT LAKES HEALTH PLAN INC., LACAVA, DONEGA, SMITH, LOVINGER, WOOLLACOTT, WHITESIDE, PLATT, UNDERWOOD, TEAMSTERS LOCAL 237, LYNCH, CALLAWAY, MALONEY, MECHANICAL CONTRACT, IBEW-NECA LOCAL 505 HEALTH & WELFARE PLAN, A.F. OF L.-A.G.C. BUILDING TRADES WELFARE FUND, SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL 441 HEALTH & WELFARE PLAN, LOCAL 1199 NAT'L BENEFIT FUND FOR HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, NEW YORK STATEWIDE SENIOR ACTION COUNCIL, MARKS, BLONSTEIN, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
BARR LABS. INC., ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP, ZENECA INC., ASTRAZENECA PLC, Defendants-Appellees.
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Argued: July 12, 2004.
Decided: November 2, 2005.
As amended: August 10, 2006.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
J. DOUGLAS RICHARDS, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP (Michael M. Buchman, Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP, New York, NY; Patrick E. Cafferty, Miller Faucher and Cafferty LLP, Ann Arbor, MI; Bernard Persky, Barbara J. Hart, Hollis L. Salzman, Goodkind Labaton Rudoff & Sucharow LLP, New York, NY; Robert S. Schachter, Joseph Lipofsky, Joseph S. Tusa, Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling, LLP, New York, NY; Robert G. Eisler, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York, NY; of counsel), New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
JOEL M. COHEN, Davis Polk & Wardwell (Diem-Suong T. Nguyen, Douglas K. Yatter, Wendy L. Silver, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY; George C. Lombardi, Christine J. Siwik, Maureen L. Rurka, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL; of counsel), New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.
Bruce E. Gerstein, Garwin Bronzaft Gerstein & Fisher LLP (Barry S. Taus, Jan Bartelli, Garwin Bronzaft Gerstein & Fisher LLP; Steve D. Shadowen, Monica L. Rebuck, Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, Harrisburg, PA; of counsel), New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae Louisiana Wholesale Drug Company, Inc., CVS Meridian Inc., and Rite Aid Corporation.
Before: POOLER, SACK, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges. Pooler, Circuit Judge, dissents in a separate opinion.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
SACK, Circuit Judge.
This appeal, arising out of circumstances surrounding a lawsuit in which a drug manufacturer alleged that its patent for the drug tamoxifen citrate ("tamoxifen") was about to be infringed, and the suit's subsequent settlement, requires us to address issues at the intersection of intellectual property law and antitrust law. Although the particular factual circumstances of this case are unlikely to recur, the issues presented have been much litigated...
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