J.B.D.L. CORP. v. WYETH-AYERST LABORATORIES, INC.

Nos. 05-3860/3988.

485 F.3d 880 (2007)

J.B.D.L. CORPORATION, McHugh Pharmacy Wynnewood, Inc. and the Certified Direct Purchaser Class (05-3988); CVS Meridian, Inc. and Rite Aid Corporation (05-3860), Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WYETH-AYERST LABORATORIES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 10, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Steve D. Shadowen, Hangley, Aronchick, Segal, & Pudlin, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Eugene A. Spector, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellants. Douglas L. Wald, Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

ON BRIEF: Steve D. Shadowen, Hangley, Aronchick, Segal, & Pudlin, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Eugene A. Spector, Jay S. Cohen, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Peter R. Kohn, Eric L. Cramer, Berger & Montague, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Theresa L. Groh, Murdock, Goldenberg, Schneider & Groh, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellants. Douglas L. Wald, Asim Varma, David S. Eggert, Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., Grant S. Cowan, Frost, Brown & Todd, Cincinnati, Ohio, Daniel K. Webb, W. Gordon Dobie, Peggy M. Balesteri, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellee.

Before DAUGHTREY and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges; EDMUNDS, District Judge.


OPINION

JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

This litigation arose out of efforts by appellee, Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, Inc., to protect its market share in the oral estrogen replacement therapy market through the use of contractual agreements with third-party payer entities. Appellants, wholesale and retail purchasers, brought suit against Wyeth under § 2 of the Sherman Act, alleging that, as a result of Wyeth's allegedly anticompetitive conduct,...

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