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IN RE NAT. PRESCRIPTION OPIATE LITIGATION

Nos. 22-3750/3751/3753/3841/3843/3844.

82 F.4th 455 (2023)

IN RE: NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION OPIATE LITIGATION. Trumbull County, Ohio; Lake County, Ohio; Plaintiffs' Executive Committee, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Purdue Pharma L.P., et al., Defendants, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., Walgreen Company, Walgreen Eastern Co., Inc. (22-3750/3841); CVS Pharmacy, Inc., Ohio CVS Stores, LLC, CVS Tennessee Distribution, LLC, CVS Rx Services, Inc., CVS Indiana, LLC (22-3751/3843); Walmart, Inc. (22-3753/3844), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 11, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFS: Jeffrey B. Wall , Morgan L. Ratner , Zoe A. Jacoby , SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP, Washington, DC., Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Ginger D. Anders , MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP, Washington, DC., Noel J. Francisco , Anthony J. Dick , JONES DAY, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. M. Michelle Carreras , LANIER LAW FIRM, Houston, Texas, David C. Frederick , Minsuk Han , Ariela M. Migdal , Travis G. Edwards , Kathleen W. Hickey , Daren G. Zhang , KELLOGG, HANSEN, TODD, FIGEL & FREDERICK, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC., Peter H. Weinberger , SPANGENBERG SHIBLEY & LIBER, Cleveland, Ohio, Hunter J. Shkolnik , Salvatore C. Badala , NAPOLI SHKOLNIK, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, Frank L. Gallucci , PLEVIN & GALLUCCI CO., L.P.A., Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees.

Before: BATCHELDER, GRIFFIN, and BLOOMEKATZ, Circuit Judges.

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