IN RE BRAND NAME PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ANTITRUST LIT., 94 C 897.
| Decision Date | 04 January 1995 |
| Docket Number | No. 94 C 897.,94 C 897. |
| Citation | 878 F. Supp. 1078 |
| Parties | In re BRAND NAME PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ANTITRUST LITIGATION. This document relates to: All Cases. |
| Court | U.S. District Court — Northern District of Illinois |
Greg Shinall, Sperling, Slater & Spitz, P.C., Chicago, IL, Jeff Robert Branick, Richard Lyle Coffman, Provost & Umphrey, Beaumont, TX, for Antitrust Litigation.
James M. McGraw, Looper, Reed, Mark & McGraw, Inc., Houston, TX, for Randalls Food & Drug.
Catherine A. Sazdanoff, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, Frank Cicero, Jr., James Andrew Langan, Jeffrey A. Leon, Anne J. McClain, Jeffrey S. Cashdan, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Abbott Laboratories.
H. Blair White, John W. Treece, Bruce Michael Zessar, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, for GD Searle & Co. defendant.
Kael Behan Kennedy, James L. Komie, Schuyler, Roche & Zwirner, Chicago, IL, Marguerite S. Boyd, John W. Nields, Jr., Howrey & Simon, Salvatore A. Romano, Patricia A. Gaegler, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, DC, for Bendley Western Industries, Inc.
Jerome H. Torshen, Torshen, Spreyer & Garmisa, Ltd., Lee A. Freeman, Freeman, Freeman & Salzman, P.C., Chicago, IL, David E. Everson, Stinson, Mag & Fizzell, P.C., Kansas City, MO, Michael Lee Brooks, Gregory D. Hanley, Brooks, Cahill & Hanley, Chicago, IL, Richard Alan Arnold, Scott E. Perwin, James J. Kenny, William J. Blechman, Kenny, Nachwalter, Seymour, Arnold, Critchlow & Spector, P.A., Miami, FL, Richard W. Giauque, Stephen T. Hard, Douglas H. Patton, Giauque, Crockett, Bendinger & Peterson, Salt Lake City, UT, Peter J. Venaglia, Jeffrey M. Strank, Dornbush, Mensch, Mandelstam & Schaeffer, New York City, for Marion Merrell Dow Inc.
Ruth F. Masters, Latham & Watkins, Ralph Joseph Gabric, Willian, Brinks, Olds, Hofer, Gilson & Lione, Ltd., Lee A. Freeman, Jr., John F. Kinney, James T. Malysiak, Freeman, Freeman & Salzman, P.C., Richard William Austin, Richard S. Wisner, Audrey A. Berish, Pretzel & Stouffer, Chtd., Thomas D. Rosenwein, Nancy Schaefer, David Stewart Fleming, Heather A. Libbey, Schaefer, Rosenwein & Fleming, Chicago, IL, Mark G. Arnold, Husch, Eppenberger, Donohue, Elson & Cornfeld, St. Louis, MO, George L. Saunders, Jr., Saunders & Monroe, Chicago, IL, William F. Cavanaugh, Jr., Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, Thomas F. Curnin, Laura Mezey, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York City, Donald L. Flexner, Crowell & Moring, Jennifer A. Albert, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, DC, Richard J. Holwell, Ronald W. Davis, White & Case, New York City, Arthur Makadon, Mark S. Stewart, Leslie E. John, Daniel
Schoor-Rube, Stephen J. Kastenberg, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Philadelphia, PA, Herbert Dym, David L. Meyer, Jonathan R. Galst, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Robert E. Davy, Robert E. Davy, Jr. & Associates, Chicago, IL, Frederick P. Furth, Furth, Fahrner & Mason, Joseph L. Alioto, Joseph L. Alioto Law Offices, San Francisco, CA, Barbara Reeves, Morrison & Foerster, Los Angeles, CA, John Alexander Cochrane, Cochrane & Bresnahan, Charles Harley Johnson, Johnson Law Office, Joseph Andrew Kowalcik, Kowalcik Law Office, St. Paul, MN, John Kenneth Kallman, Law Offices of John Kenneth Kallman, Chicago, IL, Robert A. Milne, Dewey Ballantine, New York City, for Burroughs Wellcome Co.
Craig Allen Varga, Peterson & Ross, Chicago, IL, Alan J. Weinschel, Bruce A. Colbath, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, Steven P. Mandell, Davidson, Goldstein, Mandell & Menkes, Chicago, IL, for Foxmeyer Drug Co.
William J. Gibbons, Latham & Watkins, Chicago, IL, J. Thomas Rosch, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, Trevor J. Chaplick, Latham & Watkins, San Francisco, CA, for McKesson Corp.
Jerome I. Chapman, Kenneth A. Letzler, Deena R. Bernstein, Jill T. Feeney, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Kenneth M. Sullivan, Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Chicago, IL, for Glaxo, Inc.
Nathan P. Eimer, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, Mary B. Cranston, Jeffrey S. Ross, Terrence A. Callan, San Francisco, CA, for Phone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc.
Thomas F. Gardner, Deborah Platt Herman, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Alan H. Silberman, Sanford Mark Pastroff, Evan G.S. Siegel, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, David Klingsberg, Michael Malina, David Copeland, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, for Pfizer Inc.
Daniel Richard Formeller, Andrea Ellen Kayne, Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, Donald E. Egan, Stephen David Libowsky, Katten, Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, IL, Kenneth R. Logan, Richard C. Weisberg, Joseph F. Tringali, Kathryn A. Clokey, Peter G. Koclanes, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for American Home Products Corp.
Jacqueline A. Criswell, Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, Chicago, IL, Steven E. Bizar, Howard D. Scher, Stephen J. Levy, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker and Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, for Alco Health Services Corp.
William M. Hannay, Linda K. Stevens, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, IL, Robert K. Stanley, James H. Ham, III, Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis, IN, for Eli Lilly & Co.
Paul C. Saunders, Douglas D. Broadwater, Stephen S. Madsen, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Kevin J. Arquit, Richard A. Cirillo, Rogers & Wells, New York City, Eric D. Freed, Law Offices of Eric D. Freed, Los Angeles, CA, for Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co.
Larry J. Saylor, Catherine M. Patterson, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Detroit, MI, Martin J. Dubowsky, Martin J. Dubowsky, Ltd., Chicago, IL, James G. Vantine, Jr., B. Jay Yelton, III, Charles E. Ritter, Kalamazoo, MI, for Upjohn Co.
William F. Cavanaugh, Jr., Thomas W. Pippert, Roosevelt N. Nesmith, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, for Johnson and Johnson Vision Products, Inc.
Michael M. Conway, Hopkins & Sutter, P.C., Scott M. Mendel, Michael Sennett, Matthew K. Phillips, Ellen Kornichuk Emery, Michael J. Abernathy, Stephen H. Wenc, Carolyn Suzanne Palk, Carolyn Suzanne Palk, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, IL, John W. Nields, Jr., Marguerite S. Boyd, Howrey & Simon, Washington, DC, Jennifer A. Albert, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, DC, for Purdue Frederick Co.
Aldo A. Badini, Deirdre M. McDonald, White & Case, Michael J. Gallagher, Dewey Ballantine, New York City, for Ciba-Geigy Corp.
William M. McErlean, Fredric Adam Cohen, Suzanne Robinson, Rudnick & Wolfe, Chicago, IL, for Thrift Drug Inc.
Michael M. Conway, Hopkins & Sutter, P.C., Chicago, IL, John W. Nields, Jr., Howrey & Simon, Washington, DC, for Schering-Plough Corp. Richard Lewis Reinish, Keck, Mahin & Cate, Chicago, IL, Arlin M. Adams, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, PA, Steve D. Shadowen, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Harrisburg, PA, Ira P. Tiger, Philadelphia, PA, for RX USA, Inc.
Stephen David Libowsky, Katten, Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, IL, Kenneth R. Logan, Joseph F. Tringali, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for American Cyanamid Co.
This matter is before the court on the Manufacturer Defendants' motion for certification for interlocutory appeal. On October 18, 1994, this court issued an order denying the Manufacturer Defendant's motion for summary judgment. In that motion, the Manufacturer Defendants argued that the plaintiffs were indirect purchasers within the meaning of Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois, 431 U.S. 720, 97 S.Ct. 2061, 52 L.Ed.2d 707 (1977). In denying the defendant's motion, we held that Illinois Brick had no application to cases involving allegations of vertical conspiracy and thus posed no bar to the plaintiffs' claims. Subsequent to the issuance of the October 18, 1994 Order, the Manufacturer Defendants moved to have the issue certified for interlocutory appeal. For the reasons set forth below, the defendant's motion is denied.
The Manufacturer Defendants seek to have the following issue certified for interlocutory appeal: In a private antitrust action under Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, and Section 4 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 15, involving an alleged conspiracy between and among manufacturer and wholesaler defendants, which results in higher manufacturer prices on goods purchased by wholesalers and resold to retailer plaintiffs, do Kansas v. UtiliCorp United, Inc., 497 U.S. 199, 110 S.Ct. 2807, 111 L.Ed.2d 169 (1990), and Illinois ex rel. Burris v. Panhandle E. Pipe Line Co., 935 F.2d 1469 (7th Cir.1991), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 1094, 112 S.Ct. 1169, 117 L.Ed.2d 415 (1992), bar retail purchasers from suing the manufacturers for damages based upon prices that were allegedly inflated at the manufacturer level?
As a general proposition, "permission to take an interlocutory appeal should be granted sparingly and with discrimination." In re Folding Carton Antitrust Litigation, 75 F.R.D. 727, 738 (N.D.Ill.1977). Certification is the exception and not the rule. Zygmuntowicz v. Hospitality Invs., 828 F.Supp. 346, 353 (E.D.Pa.1993). When deciding a motion for certification, the district court must consider the following factors: (1) whether the motion to be appealed involves a controlling question of law; (2) whether there is a substantial ground for difference of opinion on that question of law; and (3) whether an immediate appeal from the order may materially advance the ultimate termination of the litigation. 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b); Segni v. Commercial Office of Spain, 650 F.Supp. 1045, 1046 (N.D.Ill.1987). Although the issue to be appealed involves a controlling question of law, we find that the other two factors set forth in § 1292(b) have not been satisfied. As such, the defendant's motion for certification must be denied.
Interlocutory review "should not be used merely to provide review of difficult rulings in hard cases." McCann v. Communications Design Corp., 775 F.Supp. 1506, 1534 (D.Conn.1991) (citing United States Rubber Co. v. Wright, 359 F.2d 784, 785 (9th Cir.1966)). Rather, the existence...
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