MARION HEALTHCARE, LLC v. BECTON DICKINSON & CO.

No. 18-3735.

952 F.3d 832 (2020)

MARION HEALTHCARE, LLC, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BECTON DICKINSON & COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 5, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Stephen Berry , Attorney, Berry Law PLLC, Washington, DC, Justin M. Ellis , Jennifer Elizabeth Fischell , Attorneys, Molo Lamken LLP, New York, NY, Allison Mileo Gorsuch , Steven Francis Molo , Eric Posner , Attorneys, Molo Lamken LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Richard P. Cassetta , Attorney, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, St. Louis, MO, Robert A. Atkins , William B. Michael , Jacqueline P. Rubin , Attorneys, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Becton Dickinson & Company.

Terrence J. Dee , Katharine M. O'Connor , Attorneys, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, IL, William Diaz , Attorney, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Irvine, CA, Jon B. Dubrow , Attorney, McDermott, Will & Emery, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee Premier, Inc.

Bruce A. Blefeld , Edward W. Duffy , Attorneys, Reed Smith LLP, Houston, TX, Diane Green-Kelly , Attorney, Reed Smith LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Vizient, Inc.

Michelle Fischer , Attorney, Jones Day, Cleveland, OH, Paula W. Render , Attorney, Jones Day, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Cardinal Health, Incorporated.

Jordan Lee Ludwig , Attorney, Crowell & Moring LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Michael H. McGinley, Attorney, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Shari Ross Lahlou , Attorney, Dechert LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee Owens Si Minor, Inc.

Barack Echols , Richard C. Godfrey , Attorneys, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Henry Schein, Inc.

Michael T. Brody , Gabriel Gillett , Attorneys, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL, Ian Heath Gershengorn , Attorney, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC, David Singer , Richard Lee Stone , Attorneys, Jenner & Block LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellee McKesson Medical-Surgical, Inc.

Adam Daniel Chandler , Attorney, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae United States of America.

David M. Hundley , Attorney, Pendley, Baudin & Coffin, LLP, New Orleans, LA, for Amicus Curiae Open Markets Institute.

Cory L. Andrews , Attorney, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Kanne and Barrett, Circuit Judges.


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