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

Civil Action No. 2:09-1000.

748 F.Supp.2d 580 (2010)

State of WEST VIRGINIA ex rel. Darrell V. McGRAW, Jr., Attorney General, Plaintiffs, v. CVS PHARMACY, INC., a Rhode Island Corporation, KMart Holding Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, The Kroger Co., an Ohio Corporation, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Walgreen Co., an Illinois Corporation, and TARGET STORES, INC., a Minnesota Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. West Virginia, at Charleston.

September 21, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian A. Glasser , John W. Barrett , Michael L. Murphy , Bailey & Glasser, Frances A. Hughes , Office of the Attorney General, Joshua I. Barrett , Sean P. McGinley , Ditrapano Barrett & Dipiero, Charleston, WV, for Plaintiffs.

Andrea K. Zollett , David B. Goroff , Robbert H. Griffith , Foley & Lardner, Adam W. Wiers , Tina M. Tabacchi , Jones Day , Chicago, IL, Bryant J. Spann , Pamela C. Deem , Allen Guthrie & Thomas, Johnny M. Knisely, II , Susan C. Wittemeier , Goodwin & Goodwin, Nicholas S. Johnson , W. Henry Jernigan, Jr. , Dinsmore & Shohl, Alexander Macia , Spilman Thomas & Battle, David A. Barnette , Jackson Kelly , Charleston, WV, Jill M. Wheaton , Dykema Gossett , Ann Arbor , MI, Todd Grant Gattoni , Detroit, MI, Craig S. Coleman , Wendy J. Wildung , Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOHN T. COPENHAVER, JR., District Judge.

Pending is the Attorney General's motion to remand, filed October 13, 2009.

I.

West Virginia law requires pharmacists to "substitute a less expensive equivalent generic name drug" for prescriptions for a brand name drug unless the generic drug is unsuitable for the particular patient. W. Va. Code § 30-5-12b(b). Further, West Virginia law requires that "[a...

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