JAMES CLAYWORTH et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,
v.
PFIZER, INC., et al., Defendants and Respondents.
Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 25, 2008.
July 25, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Alioto Law Firm, Joseph M. Alioto, Theresa D. Moore, Angelina Alioto-Grace, Joseph M. Alioto, Jr., Thomas P. Pier; Law Offices of James M. Dombroski, James M. Dombroski; Law Offices of Jeffery K. Perkins, Jeffery K. Perkins; Law Offices of John H. Boone, John H. Boone; Foreman & Brasso, Russell F. Brasso; Gary D. McCallister & Associates, Thomas A. Kelliher, Eric I. Unrein and Jaime Goldstein for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Winston & Strawn, Tyler M. Paetkau, Nicole P. Dogwill, Susan A. Pipal; Eimer Stahl Klevorn & Solberg, David M. Stahl, J. Cunyon Gordon, A. Oyenbanji; Davis Polk & Wardwell, Amelia Starr, Arthur F. Golden, William J. Fenrich, Daniel J. Schwartz; Filice Brown Eassa & McLeod, Peter A. Strotz, William El Steimle, Paul R. Johnson; Kaye Scholer, Aton Arbisser, Bryant S. Delgadillo, Saul P. Morgenstern; Covington & Burling, Theodore Voorhees, Jr., Thomas J. Cosgrove; Elizabeth Abigail Brown, Anita Fern Stork; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Jeffrey T. Thomas, James N. Knight; Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, Gary Hansen, David P. Graham, Aaron Mills Scott; Reed Smith, Michele Diane Floyd; Folger Levin & Kahn, Beatrice Bich-Dao Nguyen, Samuel Ray Miller; Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, William Cavanaugh, Jr.; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, George Cary, Sara D. Schotland; Irell & Manella, Alexander F. Wiles, John C. Keith; Dickstein, Shapiro, Peter J. Kadzik, Bernard Nash, Maria Colsey Heard, Milton Marquis, Andres Colin; Nossaman, Gunther, Knox & Elliott, Scott DeVries, Katrina June Lee; Drinker, Biddle & Reath, H. Christian L'Orange, Paul H. Saint-Antoine, David J. Antczak; Hughes Hubbard & Reed, John M. Townsend, Robert P. Reznick, Rita M. Haeusler; Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Elizabeth L. Grayer, Evan R. Chesler, Jessica Buturla, Jeffrey B. Korn; Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Paul J. Riehle, Matthew A. Fischer; Latham & Watkins, Margaret M. Zwisler, Steven H. Schulman; Latham & Watkins, Charles H. Samel, Belinda S. Lee, Jennifer A. Carmassi; Arnold & Porter, Douglas L. Wald, Mark R. Merley, Anne P. Davis, Ronald C. Redcay, Daniel R. Waldman, Ryan Z. Watts; Hogan & Hartson, Joseph H. Young; Faegre & Benson, James A. O'Neal, Kim J. Walker; Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Steven Oliver Kramer and Donald M. Falk for Defendants and Respondents.
Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.
OPINION
RICHMAN, J.
This case presents an issue of first impression in California antitrust law: whether the pass-on defense is available to defendants accused of price fixing. We hold that it is.
Retail pharmacies (plaintiffs) sued pharmaceutical companies (defendants) alleging price fixing, asserting claims for violation of the Cartwright Act (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 16700 et seq.),1 and for restitution...
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