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WEST VIRGINIA EX REL. McGRAW v. CVS PHARMACY, INC.

No. 11-1251.

646 F.3d 169 (2011)

State of WEST VIRGINIA ex rel. Darrell V. McGRAW, Jr., Attorney General, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CVS PHARMACY, INCORPORATED, a Rhode Island Corporation; Kmart Holding Corporation, a Delaware Corporation; The Kroger Company, an Ohio Corporation; Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation; Walgreen Company, an Illinois Corporation; Target Stores Incorporated, a Minnesota Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 20, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: David B. Goroff , Foley & Lardner, LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellants. John William Barrett , Bailey & Glasser, LLP, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Pamela C. Deem , Bryant J. Spann , Allen Guthrie & Thomas PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, Robert H. Griffith , Jonathan W. Garlough , Foley & Lardner, LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for CVS Pharmacy, Incorporated; Alexander Macia , Spilman, Thomas and Battle PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, Tina M. Tabacchi , Brian J. Murray , Dennis Murashko , Jones Day, Chicago, Illinois, for Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated; Thomas R. Goodwin , Susan C. Wittemeier , Johnny M. Knisely II , Goodwin & Goodwin, LLP, Charleston, West Virginia, Jill M. Wheaton , Todd G. Gattoni , Dykema PLLC, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Kmart Holding Corporation; W. Henry Jernigan, Jr. , Ramonda Lyons , Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Charleston, West Virginia, for Walgreen Company and The Kroger Company; David Allen Barnette , Jackson Kelly PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, Wendy Wildung , Craig S. Coleman , Faegre & Benson LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Target Stores Incorporated. Brian A. Glasser , Bailey & Glasser, LLP, Charleston, West Virginia, Joshua I. Barrett , Sean P. McGinley , Ditrapano, Barrett & Dipiero, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, Frances A. Hughes , Chief Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge DAVIS joined. Senior Judge GILMAN wrote a dissenting opinion.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

The State of West Virginia, by its Attorney General, commenced this action in state court against CVS Pharmacy, Inc., and five other pharmacies (collectively, the "Pharmacies"), alleging that the Pharmacies sold generic drugs to West Virginia consumers without passing along to the consumers the cost savings of generic drugs over brand name equivalents, in violation of West Virginia...

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