CLAY COUNTY v. PURDUE PHARMA L.P.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristine L. Roberts , Memphis, Tennessee, Brigid M. Carpenter , Nashville, Tennessee, and Ronald S. Range, Jr. , and Chad E. Wallace , Johnson City, Tennessee, for the appellants, Endo Health Solutions, Inc., and Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

James G. Stranch, III , J. Gerard Stranch, IV , Tricia A. Herzfeld , Benjamin A. Gastel , and Anthony Orlandi , Nashville, Tennessee, and Henry D. Fincher , Cookeville, Tennessee, for the appellees, City of Algood, Tennessee, City of Clifton, Tennessee, City of Columbia, City of Cookeville, City of Crossville, Tennessee, City of Fayetteville, City of LaVergne, Tennessee, City of Lewisburg, Tennessee, City of Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, City of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, City of Smithville, Tennessee, City of Sparta, Tennessee, City of Spencer, Tennessee, City of Spring Hill, Tennessee, Clay County, Tennessee, Cumberland County, Tennessee, DeKalb County, Tennessee, Baby Doe, Giles County, Tennessee, Marshall County, Tennessee, Pickett County, Tennessee, Putnam County, Tennessee, Town of Alexandria, Tennessee, Town of Baxter, Tennessee, Town of Centertown, Tennessee, Town of Cornersville, Tennessee, Van Buren County, Tennessee, Warren County, Tennessee, Wayne County, Tennessee, and White County, Tennessee.

Timothy L. Warnock and Stuart A. Burkhalter , Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

Roger W. Dickson and Kyle W. Eiselstein , Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the appellee, AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation.

Lela M. Hollabaugh , Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Cardinal Health, Inc.

Larry H. Montgomery and Jeremy G. Alpert , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellees, Rite. Aid Headquarters Corporation, Rite Aid of Tennessee, Inc., Rite Aid of Maryland, Inc. d/b/a Rite Aid Mid-Atlantic Customer Support Center, Inc.

Matthew J. Evans , Kelley Strange , and Paige Coleman , Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Walgreens Company.

Nathan Bicks , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellees, CVS Pharmacy, Inc., CVS TN. Distribution, L.L.C., CVS Indiana, L.L.C., Tennessee CVS Pharmacy, L.L.C.

Ronald S. Range, Jr. , and Chad E. Wallace , Johnson City, Tennessee, and Brigid M. Carpenter , Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellees, Par Pharmaceutical, Inc., and Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. f/k/a Par Pharmaceutical Holdings, Inc.

John-David H. Thomas , Nashville, Tennessee, and Jeffrey C. Smith , Germantown, Tennessee, for the appellee, McKesson Corporation.

ARNOLD B. GOLDIN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which D. MICHAEL SWINEY, C.J., and ANDY D. BENNETT, J., joined.