· 10/8/1997
In Re Brand Name Prescription Drugs Antitrust Litigation. Appeals of Robert A. Huggins
Citations
- 123 F.3d 599
- 1997 WL 471819
How courts have described this case
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- holding that \[a] state [antitrust act] cannot regulate sales that take place wholly outside it.\
- stating that defendant’s clerical or ministerial costs of compliance cannot be used to meet the statutory minimum because “then every case, however trivial, against a large company would cross the threshold”
- stating that court could rely on “the present value of the [anticipated] future cost savings” to plaintiffs that would result if the court enjoined the defendants’ alleged price-fixing
- applying Alabama antitrust law in indirect purchaser action by Alabama pharmacies against out-of-state drug manufacturers
- applying Alabama antitrust law in indirect purchaser action by Alabama pharmacies against out- of-state drug manufacturers
- noting the otherwise applicable rule that aggregation is not permitted and, therefore, at least one plaintiff in a particular class must satisfy the jurisdictional minimum
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Judges: Posner, Bauer, Wood
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