Warner-Lambert Co. v. Kent
| Decision Date | 03 March 2008 |
| Docket Number | No. 06–1498.,06–1498. |
| Citation | 76 USLW 3469,170 L.Ed.2d 51,128 S.Ct. 1168,552 U.S. 440,08 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2645 |
| Parties | WARNER–LAMBERT CO., LLC, et al., Petitioners, v. Kimberly KENT et al. |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
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David Klingsberg, Steven Glickstein, Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, N.Y., Carter G. Phillips, Counsel of Record, Daniel E. Troy, Rebecca K. Wood, Eamon P. Joyce, Quin M. Sorenson, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioners.
David R. Parker, Counsel of Record, J. Douglas Peters, Charfoos & Christensen, P.C., Detroit, MI, Allison M. Zieve, Brian Wolfman, Scott L. Nelson, Washington, DC, Theodore Goldberg, David Bennet Rodes, Goldberg Persky & White, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, for Respondents.
The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.
THE CHIEF JUSTICE took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.
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