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MUTUAL PHARMACEUTICAL CO., INC. v. BARTLETT

No. 12-142.

133 S.Ct. 2466 (2013)

186 L.Ed.2d 607

MUTUAL PHARMACEUTICAL CO., INC., Petitioner v. Karen L. BARTLETT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 24, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay P. Lefkowitz , New York, NY, for Petitioner.

Anthony A. Yang , for the United States as amicus curiae, supporting the Petitioner.

David C. Frederick , Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Michael W. McConnell , Michael D. Shumsky , John K. Crisham , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, Jay P. Lefkowitz , P.C., Counsel of Record, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY, for Petitioner.

Steven M. Gordon , Christine M. Craig , Shaheen & Gordon, Concord, NH, Keith M. Jensen , Jensen & Associates, PLLC, Fort Worth, TX, David C. Frederick , Counsel of Record, Brendan J. Crimmins , Joshua D. Branson , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Justice ALITO, delivered the opinion of the Court.

We must decide whether federal law pre-empts the New Hampshire design-defect claim under which respondent Karen Bartlett recovered damages from petitioner Mutual Pharmaceutical, the manufacturer of sulindac, a generic nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). New Hampshire law imposes a duty on manufacturers to ensure that the drugs they market are not unreasonably unsafe, and a drug's safety is evaluated by reference...

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