MEYERS v. BAYER AG, BAYER CORP.

No. 2003AP2840.

735 N.W.2d 448 (2007)

2007 WI 99

Barbara A. MEYERS, Lynn Stucker, Loyal Berg and Eugene Browning, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BAYER AG, BAYER CORPORATION, Barr Laboratories, Inc., Rugby Group, Inc., Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Hoeschst Marion Roussel, Inc., Defendants-Respondents-Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 13, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-respondents-petitioners there were briefs by Phillip A. Proger, Kevin D. McDonald, Lawrence D. Rosenberg, and Jones Day, Washington, D.C.; Gerardo H. Gonzalez, Richard J. Krill, and Gonzalez, Saggio & Harlan, L.L.P., Milwaukee; Fred H. Bartlit, Jr., Peter B. Bensinger, Jr., Michael J. Valaik, Paul J. Skiermont, and Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott L.L.P., Chicago, IL; William J. Mulligan, Kathy L. Nusslock, and Davis & Kuelthau, S.C., Milwaukee; Thomas D. Yannucci, P.C., Karen N. Walker, Edwin John U, and Kirkland & Ellis L.L.P., Washington, D.C.; Stephen P. Hurley, Kristine A. Long, Andrew W. Erlandson, and Hurley, Burish & Milliken, S.C., Madison; David E. Everson, Heather S. Woodson, Victoria L. Smith, and Stinson Morrison Hecker L.L.P., Kansas City, MO, and oral argument by Fred H. Bartlit, Jr.

For the plaintiffs-appellants there was a brief by John C. Cabaniss, Thomas Armstrong, and von Briesen & Roper, s.c., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Thomas Armstrong, Jr.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Stephen E. Meili and Consumer Law Litigation Clinic, Madison; Peter C. Carstensen, David Dudley, and University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison; on behalf of the University of Wisconsin Law School Consumer Law Litigation Clinic, Professor Peter C. Carstensen of the University of Wisconsin Law School, and David Dudley of the University of Wisconsin Law School.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Eric J. Wilson and Gwendolyn J. Cooley, assistant attorneys general, with whom on the brief was Peggy A. Lautenschlager, attorney general, on behalf of the state of Wisconsin, and there was oral argument by Eric J. Wilson.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Paul E. Benson, Grant C. Killoran, and Michael Best & Friedrich, L.L.P., Milwaukee, on behalf of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, Inc.


¶ 1 LOUIS B. BUTLER, JR., J.

The defendants, Bayer AG, et al. (collectively "Bayer"), seek review of a published court of appeals' decision1 reversing a circuit court order that dismissed all claims brought under Wisconsin's Antitrust Act, Chapter 133 of the Wisconsin Statutes, by Barbara Meyers, Lynn Stucker, Loyal Berg, and Eugene Browning (collectively "Meyers"), representing a putative class of Wisconsin residents who purchased...

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