IN RE MODAFINIL ANTITRUST LITIGATION

No. 15-3475.

837 F.3d 238 (2016)

IN RE: MODAFINIL ANTITRUST LITIGATION Mylan Laboratories, Inc.; Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Ranbaxy Laboratories, Ltd; Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

(Filed: September 13, 2016).

Amended September 29, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Berger , Daniel C. Simons , David F. Sorensen , Berger & Montague, 1622 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Erin C. Burns , Dianne M. Nast , NastLaw, 1101 Market Street, Suite 2801, Philadelphia, PA 19107, Russell A. Chorush , Connelly Baker Wotring , 600 Travis Street, JPMorgan Chase Tower, Suite 700, Houston, TX 77002, Neill Wilson Clark , Peter Kohn, Esq. , Faruqi & Faruqi, 101 Greenwood Avenue, Suite 600, Jenkintown, PA 19046, Stuart E. Des Roches , Andrew W. Kelly , Chris Letter , Odom & Des Roches, 650 Poydras Street, Suite 2020, Poydras Center, New Orleans, LA 70130, Bruce E. Gerstein [ARGUED], Dan Litvin , Joseph Opper , Garwin Gerstein & Fisher, Wall Street Plaza, 88 Pine Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10036, Miranda Y. Jones , Heim Payne & Chorush, 600 Travis Street, Suite 6710, Houston, TX 77002, Linda P. Nussbaum , Nussbaum Law Group, 570 Lexington Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10022, Counsel for Appellees.

Evan R. Chesler , David R. Marriott , Rowan D. Wilson [ARGUED], Cravath Swaine & Moore, 825 Eighth Avenue, Worldwide Plaza, New York, NY 10019, David L. Comerford , Katherine M. Katchen , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, 2001 Market Street, Two Commerce Square, Suite 4100, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Paul B. Hewitt , C. Fairley Spillman , Catherine E. Creely , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, 1333 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036, J. Douglas Baldridge [ARGUED], Christopher K. Diamond , Danielle R. Foley , Molly Geissenhainer , Venable, 575 7th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20004, John J. O'Malley , Anthony S. Volpe , Volpe & Koenig, 30 South 17th Street, Suite 1600, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Erin C. Dougherty , Lathrop B. Nelson, III , Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads, 123 South Broad Street, 28th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19109, Katherine R. Katz , Karen N. Walker , Gregory L. Skidmore , Kirkland & Ellis, 655 15th Street, N.W., Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20005, James C. Burling , Mark A. Ford , WilmerHale, 60 State Street, Boston, MA 02109, Frank R. Emmerich, Jr. , Nancy J. Gellman , John A. Guernsey , Conrad O'Brien , 1500 Market Street, West Towers, Suite 3900, Philadelphia, PA 19102, Emily R. Whelan , Whatley Kallas , 60 State Street, 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02109, Jeffrey B. Korn , William H. Rooney , Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019, Joseph E. Wolfson , Stevens & Lee, 620 Freedom Business Center, Suite 200, King of Prussia, PA 19406, Counsel for Appellants.

Anna T. Neill , Scott E. Perwin , Lauren C. Ravkind , Kenny Nachwalter , 1441 Brickell Avenue, Four Season Tower, Suite 1100, Miami, FL 33131, Moira E. Cain-Mannix , Bernard D. Marcus , Marcus & Shapira, 301 Grant Street, One Oxford Centre, 35th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, Monica L. Rebuck , Barry L. Refsin , Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, 4400 Deer Path Road, Suite 200, Harrisburg, PA 17110, Eugene P. Endress , Matthew M. Holub , Thomas J. Maas , Brian Sodikoff , Katten Muchin Roseman , 525 West Monroe Street, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60661, James W. Matthews , Foley & Lardner, 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02199, Counsel for Amicus Appellee.

Before: SMITH, JORDAN, and RENDELL, Circuit Judges


OPINION

"The class action is an ingenious device for economizing on the expense of litigation and enabling small claims to be litigated. The two points are closely related. If every small claim had to be litigated separately, the vindication of small claims would be rare. The fixed costs of litigation make it impossible...

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