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ABBOTT LABORATORIES v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S249895.

9 Cal.5th 642 (2020)

ABBOTT LABORATORIES et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE ex rel. TONY RACKAUCKAS, as District Attorney, etc., Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

June 25, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirkland & Ellis, Michael John Shipley , Jay P. Lefkowitz , Adam T. Humann and Yosef Mahmood for Petitioners Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Duramed Pharmaceuticals Sales Corp., Inc., and Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Munger, Tolles & Olson, Jeffrey I. Weinberger , Stuart N. Senator and Blanca F. Young for Petitioners AbbVie Inc. and Abbott Laboratories.

Horvitz & Levy, Jeremy Brooks Rosen , Stanley H. Chen ; Janet Y. Galeria ; and Heather Lynn Wallace for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and California Chamber of Commerce as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Tony Rackauckas and Todd Spitzer , District Attorneys, Joseph D'Agostino , Assistant District Attorney, Kelly A. Ernby , Deputy District Attorney; Robinson Calcagnie, Mark P. Robinson, Jr. , and Kevin F. Calcagnie for Real Party in Interest.

Dennis J. Herrera , City Attorney (San Francisco), Yvonne R. Meré and Owen J. Clements , Deputy City Attorneys; Michael Feuer , City Attorney (Los Angeles), Michael M. Walsh and Monica D. Castillo , Deputy City Attorneys; Mara W. Elliot , City Attorney (San Diego), Mark D. Ankcorn and Kathryn Turner , Chief Deputy City Attorney, Kristine Lorenz , Deputy City Attorney; Richard Doyle , City Attorney (San Jose), Nora Frimann , Assistant City Attorney; James R. Williams , County Counsel (Santa Clara), Greta S. Hansen and Danny Chou , Chief Assistant County Counsel, Laura S. Trice , Deputy County Counsel; Barbara J. Parker , City Attorney (Oakland), Maria S. Bee , Chief Assistant City Attorney, Erin B. Bernstein , Deputy City Attorney; Alison E. Leary and Jennifer B. Henning for City Attorneys, League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

Law Office of Valerie T. McGinty and Valerie T. McGinty for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

Xavier Becerra , Attorney General, Nicklas A. Akers , Assistant Attorney General, Michele R. Van Gelderen , Daniel A. Olivas , Hunter Landerholm and David A. Jones , Deputy Attorneys General, for Attorney General as Amicus Curiae.

Mark Louis Zahner ; and Thomas A. Papageorge for the California District Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae.

Jeffrey S. Rosell , District Attorney (Santa Cruz), Douglas B. Allen , Assistant District Attorney, for Santa Cruz County District Attorney as Amicus Curiae.

OPINION

The Orange County District Attorney (District Attorney) brought this action against several pharmaceutical companies, alleging that the companies had intentionally delayed the sale of a generic version of a popular pharmaceutical drug to maximize their profits at the expense of consumers throughout California. The...

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