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F.T.C. v. LUNDBECK, INC.

Nos. 10-3458, 10-3459.

650 F.3d 1236 (2011)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; State of Minnesota, by and through its Attorney General, Lori Swanson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LUNDBECK, INC., Defendant-Appellee, Ben Venue Laboratories, Inc., Intervenor Below. American Antitrust Institute; States of Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Iowa, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, and West Virginia, Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 19, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark S. Hegedus , argued, Washington, DC, David C. Shonka , John F. Daly , Markus H. Meier , Peter J. Levitas , Richard A. Feinstein , Elizabeth R. Hilder , Jon J. Nathan , Washington, DC, Lori Swanson , AG, Karen D. Olson , Deputy AG, Benjamin Velzen , AAG, St. Paul, MN, on the brief, for appellants.

Alfred C. Pfeiffer, Jr. , argued, San Francisco, CA, for appellee.

W. Joseph Bruckner , Minneapolis, MN, Anne E. Schneider , AAG, Jefferson City, MO, Tom Miller , AAG, Des Moines, IA, Marty J. Jackley , AAG, Pierre, SD, Wayne Stenehjem , AAG, Bismarck, ND, Dustin McDaniel, AAG, Little Rock, AR, Douglas F. Gansler , AAG, Baltimore, MD, Catherine Cortez Masto , AAG, Carson City, NV, Lisa Madison , AAG, Chicago, IL, Gary King , AAG, Santa Fe, MN, Darrell V. McGraw , AAG, Charleston, WV, Christopher L. Sagers , Cleveland, OH, Richard M. Brunell , Washington, DC, on the amicus brief.

Before COLLOTON and BENTON, Circuit Judges, and KOPF, District Judge.

BENTON, Circuit Judge.

The Federal Trade Commission and Minnesota (collectively the FTC) sued Lundbeck, Inc., alleging its acquisition of the drug NeoProfen violated the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the Minnesota Antitrust Law of 1971, and unjustly enriched Lundbeck. After a bench trial, the district court2 ruled for Lundbeck based on the FTC's failure to identify a relevant market.

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