PRESCRIPTION OPIOID CASES

No. B302241.

57 Cal.App.5th 1039 (2020)

272 Cal. Rptr. 3d 99

PRESCRIPTION OPIOID CASES.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

As modified December 1, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robins Kaplan, Roman M. Silberfeld , Bernice Conn , Michael A. Geibelson , Glenn A. Danas and Lucas A. Messenger for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

O'Melveny & Myers, Michael G. Yoder , Amy J. Laurendeau , Charles C. Lifland , Sabrina H. Strong and Jonathan P. Schneller for Real Parties in Interest Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Collie F. James IV and Steven A. Reed for Real Parties in Interest Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Cephalon, Inc., Actavis LLC, Actavis Pharma, Inc., and Watson Laboratories, Inc.

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Sean Morris , John Lombardo and Tiffany Ikeda for Real Parties in Interest Endo Health Solutions Inc. and Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Covington & Burling, Nathan E. Shafroth and Raymond G. Lu for Real Party in Interest McKesson Corporation.

Reed Smith, Steven J. Boranian , Adam D. Brownrout , Eric J. Buhr , Alexis A. Rochlin and Sarah B. Johansen for Real Party in Interest AmerisourceBergen Corporation.

Baker & Hostetler and Teresa C. Chow for Real Party in Interest Cardinal Health, Inc.

Kirkland & Ellis and Zachary Byer for Real Parties in Interest Allergan PLC, Allergan Finance, LLC, Allergan, Inc., and Allergan USA, Inc.

Ropes & Gray and Rocky C. Tsai for Real Party in Interest Mallinckrodt LLC.


OPINION

In this case we hold Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6 authorizes only one judicial peremptory challenge for each side in a Judicial Council Coordination Proceeding under rule 3.516 of the California Rules of Court.1 As we explain, rule 3.516 modifies the normal procedures governing...

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