EX PARTE JOHNSON & JOHNSON

1190423.

330 So.3d 480 (2020)

EX PARTE JOHNSON & JOHNSON et al. (In re: DCH Health Care Authority et al. v. Purdue Pharma LP et al.)

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 31, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher S. Berdy and Caroline D. Walker of Butler Snow LLP, Birmingham; and Charles C. Lifland and Justine M. Daniels of O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, California, for petitioners Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Robert K. Spotswood and Joshua K. Payne of Spotswood Sansom & Sansbury LLC, Birmingham, for petitioner Cardinal Health, Inc.

Andrew P. Campbell and Cason M. Kirby of Campbell Partners, LLC, Birmingham; and Conor B. O'Croinin of Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for CVS Health Corporation, CVS Pharmacy, Inc., and CVS Indiana, L.L.C.

Sela S. Blanton and Elizabeth L. Nicholson of Bainbridge, Mims, Rogers & Smith, LLP, Birmingham; and Christopher N. Nahley and Ronda L. Harvey of Bowles Rice LLP, Parkersburg, West Virginia, for petitioners The Kroger Co. and Kroger Limited Partnership II.

Anne Stone Sumblin of Stone Sumblin Law LLC, Kinston; and Lester C. Houtz and Alex J. Harris of Bartlit Beck LLP, Denver, Colorado, for petitioners Walgreen Co. and Walgreen Eastern Co., Inc.

Alan T. Hargrove, Jr. , and Dennis R. Bailey of Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, P.A., Montgomery, for petitioners Walmart, Inc., and Wal-Mart Stores East, LP.

John A. Henig, Jr. , and Richard K. Vann, Jr. , of Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, P.A., Montgomery; and John P. McDonald and Brandan Montminy of Locke Lord, LLP, Dallas, Texas, for petitioner Henry Schein, Inc.

Sara M. Turner of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Birmingham; and Samuel Lonergan of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, New York, for petitioners Endo Health Solutions, Inc.; Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Par Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc.

Wendy West Feinstein of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Bert P. Taylor of Taylor Partners, LLC, Orange Beach, for petitioners Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Cephalon, Inc., Watson Laboratories, Inc., Actavis, LLC, and Actavis Pharma, Inc.

Robert C. "Mike" Brock , F. Chadwick Morriss , and Jennifer G. Levy , P.C., of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C.; and Donna Welch , P.C., and Timothy Knapp of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for petitioners Allergan Finance, LLC, Allergan Sales, LLC, and Allergan USA, Inc.

Gerald C. Swann, Jr. , of Ball, Ball, Matthews & Novak, P.A., Montgomery; Daniel G. Jarcho of Alston & Bird LLP, Washington, D.C.; and Carl K. Dawson and Jenny A. Hergenrother of Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for petitioner Noramco, Inc.

Thomas E. Walker of White, Arnold & Dowd P.C., Birmingham, for petitioner Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC.

H. Lanier Brown II and J. Patrick Strubel of Watkins & Eager PLLC, Birmingham, for petitioners AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation and H.D. Smith, LLC, f/k/a Smith Wholesale Drug Co.

Donald C. Radcliff of Brady, Radcliff & Brown LLP, Mobile; and John A. McCauley of Venable LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for petitioners Abbott Laboratories and Abbott Laboratories Inc.

Bert P. Taylor of Taylor Partners, LLC, Orange Beach; and James W. Matthews , Ana M. Francisco , and Katy E. Koski of Foley & Lardner LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, for petitioner Anda, Inc.

George P. Irvine III of Stone Crosby, P.C., Daphne; Kelly A. Moore of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, New York, and Coleen M. Meehan and Elisa P. McEnroe of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for petitioners Rite Aid of Alabama, Inc., and Rite Aid of Maryland, Inc.

W. Lloyd Copeland and Steve Martino of Taylor Martino, P.C., Mobile; Robert C. King of The King Law Firm, PC, Monroeville; and J. Russell Gibson III of Phelps Jenkins Gibson & Fowler, LLP, Tuscaloosa, respondents.

Samantha K.N. Burnett of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., San Francisco, California; and Philip S. Goldberg of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for amici curiae International Association of Defense Counsel and American Tort Reform Association, in support of the petitioners.


Johnson & Johnson and other pharmaceutical defendants1 in the underlying action filed in the Conecuh Circuit Court petition this Court for a writ of mandamus compelling that court to transfer the underlying action filed against them by DCH Health Care Authority and other plaintiffs

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