No. 12-416
Title:
Federal Trade Commission, Petitioner
v.
Actavis, Inc., et al.
Docketed:October 4, 2012
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  Case Nos.:(10-12729-DD)
  Decision Date:April 25, 2012
  Rehearing Denied:July 18, 2012
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oct 4 2012 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 5, 2012)
Oct 31 2012 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 13, 2012, for all respondents.
Nov 5 2012 Brief amici curiae of New York, et al. filed.
Nov 13 2012 Brief of respondent Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. filed.
Nov 13 2012 Brief of respondents Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. and Paddock Holdimgs, Inc in opposition filed.
Nov 13 2012 Brief of respondent Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. filed.
Nov 20 2012 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 7, 2012.
Nov 21 2012 Reply of petitioner Federal Trade Commission filed. (Distributed)
Dec 7 2012 Petition GRANTED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
Dec 20 2012 Consent to the filing of amicius curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
Jan 7 2013 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, March 25, 2013
Jan 10 2013 Proposal from counsel for respondent Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. to lodge copies of a letter it filed with the FTC and Dept. of Justice pursuant to the MMA.
Jan 22 2013 Motion for leave to file Volume 2 of the joint appendix under seal filed by petitioner Federal Trade Commission.
Jan 22 2013 Joint appendix filed. (Volume 1 of 2) (Statement of costs received.)
Jan 22 2013 Brief of petitioner Federal Trade Commission filed.
Jan 24 2013 Record received from U.S.C.A. for 11th Circuit. (1 envelope).
Jan 28 2013 CIRCULATED.
Jan 28 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Knowledge Ecology International filed. (Distributed)
Jan 28 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Public Patent Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Jan 29 2013 Brief amici curiae of Louisiana Wholesale Drug Company, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 29 2013 Brief amicus curiae of America's Health Insurance Plans filed. (Distributed)
Jan 29 2013 Brief amici curiae of New York, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 29 2013 Brief amici curiae of 118 Law, Economics, and Business Professors, and the American Antitrust Institute filed. (Distributed)
Jan 29 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Apotex, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 29 2013 Brief amici curiae of AARP, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 29 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Representative Henry A. Waxman filed. (Distributed)
Jan 29 2013 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Chain Drug Stores filed. (Distributed)
Jan 30 2013 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 15, 2013.
Feb 13 2013 Sealed record from U.S.D.C. for Northern District of Atlanta (1 envelope). The remainder of the record is electronic.
Feb 19 2013 Motion for leave to file Volume 2 of the joint appendix under seal GRANTED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
Feb 21 2013 Brief of respondent Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 21 2013 Brief of respondents Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. and Paddock Holdings, Inc filed. (Distributed)
Feb 21 2013 Brief of respondent Actavis, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 27 2013 Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Manufacturers filed. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2013 Brief amici curiae of Generic Manufacturers Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Enavail, LLC filed. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Generic Pharmaceutical Association filed. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2013 Brief amici curiae of Bayer AG and Bayer Corp. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Shire PLC filed. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2013 Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Merck & Co., Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America filed. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2013 Motion of Enavail, LLC for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Feb 28 2013 Brief amici curiae of Antitrust Economists filed. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2013 Brief amici curiae of Law Professors Gregory Dolin, Kent Bernard, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2013 Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2013 Brief amici curiae of Mediation and Negotiation Professionals filed. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2013 Brief amici curiae of David W. Opderbeck and Erik Lillquist filed. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2013 Brief amici curiae of Health and Economics Professors filed. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed. (Distributed)
Mar 15 2013 Motion of Enavail, LLC for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument DENIED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
Mar 18 2013 Reply of petitioner Federal Trade Commission filed. (Distributed)
Mar 21 2013 Motion to Unseal Volume II of the Joint Appendix filed by petitioner Federal Trade Commission. (Distributed)
Mar 21 2013 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 22, 2013.
Mar 22 2013 Letter of March 21, 2013, from counsel for respondent Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. received. (Distributed)
Mar 22 2013 Motion to unseal Volume II of the joint appendix GRANTED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
Mar 25 2013 Argued. For petitioner: Malcolm L. Stewart, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Jeffrey I. Weinberger, Los Angeles, Cal.
Jun 17 2013 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Roberts, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Scalia and Thomas, JJ., joined. Alito, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Jul 19 2013 JUDGMENT ISSUED
Jul 24 2013 Record returned to U.S.C.A. for 11th Circuit.
Jul 24 2013 Record returned to U.S.D.C. for Northern District of Georgia.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
    Counsel of Record United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: Federal Trade Commission
 
Malcolm L. Stewart Deputy Solicitor General(202) 514-2201
Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
malcolm.l.stewart@usdoj.gov
Party name: Federal Trade Commission
Attorneys for Respondents:
Eric Grannon White & Case(202) 626-3600
    Counsel of Record701 Thirteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC  20005
egrannon@whitecase.com
Party name: Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. and Paddock Holdimgs, Inc
 
Clifford M. Sloan Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP(202) 371-7000
    Counsel of Record1440 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
cliff.sloan@skadden.com
Party name: Actavis, Inc.
 
Jeffrey I. Weinberger Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP(213) 683-9100
    Counsel of Record 355 South Grand Avenue
Thirty-Fifth Floor
Los Angeles, CA  90071
Jeffrey.Weinberger@mto.com
Party name: Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
 
Michelle Friedland Munger Tolles & Olson, LLP(415) 512-4000
560 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA  94105-2907
Party name: Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Other:
Edward G. Biester Duane Morris LLP(215) 979-1000
30 S. 17th St.
Philadelphia, PA  19103
gebiester@duanemorris.com
Party name: Law Professors Gregory Dolin, Kent Bernard, et al.
 
Steven G. Bradbury Dechert LLP(202) 261-3483
1900 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
steven.bradbury@dechert.com
Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association
 
William F. Cavanaugh Jr. Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, LLP(212) 336-2000
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY  10036
wfcavanaugh@pbwt.com
Party name: Antitrust Economists
 
Richard W. Cohen Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart, P.C.(914) 997-0500
One North Broadway, Suite 509
White Plains, NY  10601-2310
rcohen@lowey.com
Party name: America's Health Insurance Plans
 
Stephen Joseph Cowen University of Chicago(312)-607-9922
Law School
1111 East 60th Street
Chicago, IL  60637
stephen@zosimagroup.com
Party name: Health and Economics Professors
 
Krista L. Cox Knowledge Ecology International(202)-332-2670
1621 Connecticut Ave. NW Suite 500
Washington, DC  20009
Krista.cox@keionline.org
Party name: Knowledge Ecology International
 
David E. De Lorenzi One Gateway Center(973) 596-4743
Newark, NJ  07102-5310
ddelorenzi@gibbonslaw.com
Party name: David W. Opderbeck and Erik Lillquist
 
Thomas A. Doyle Baker & McKenzie LLP(312) 861-8866
300 East Randolph St., Suite 5000
Chicago, IL  60601
thomas.doyle@bakermckenzie.com
Party name: Mediation and Negotiation Professionals
 
Thomas C. Goldstein Goldstein & Russell, P.C.(202) 362-0636
5225 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 404
Washington, DC  20015
tg@goldsteinrussell.com
Party name: Louisiana Wholesale Drug Company, Inc., et al.
 
Douglas Hallward-Driemeier Ropes & Gray LLP(202) 508-4600
One Metro Center
700 12th Street, NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC  20005
Douglas.Hallward-Driemeier@ropesgray.com
Party name: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
 
Justin J. Hasford 901 New York Avenue, NW (202)-408-4175
Washington, DC  20001
justin.hasford@finnegan.com
Party name: Enavail, LLC
 
William M. Jay Goodwin Procter LLP(202) 346-4000
901 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20001
wjay@goodwinprocter.com
Party name: Generic Pharmaceutical Association
 
Martin S. Kaufman Atlantic Legal Foundation(914) 834-3322
2039 Palmer Avenue
Larchmont, NY  10538
mskaufman@atlanticlegal.org
Party name: National Association of Manufacturers
 
Thomas J. Kowalski Vedder Price P.C.(212) 407-7700
1633 Braodway, 47th Floor
New York, NY  10019
tkowalski@vedderprice.com
Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association
 
Jay P. Lefkowitz Kirkland & Ellis LLP(202) 879-5000
655 Fifteenth Street NW
Washington, DC  20005
jlefkowitz@kirkland.com
Party name: Generic Manufacturers Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc., et al.
 
Mark A. Lemley William H. Neuman Professor(650) 723-4605
Stanford Law School
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA  94305-
mlemley@law.stanford.edu
Party name: 118 law, economics, and business professors and the American Antitrust Institute
 
Robert A. Long Jr. Covington & Burling LLP(202) 662-6000
1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20004
rlong@cov.com
Party name: Shire PLC
 
Kevin D. McDonald Jones Day(202) 879-3939
51 Louisiana Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC  20001
kdmcdonald@jonesday.com
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation
 
Scott L. Nelson Public Citizen Litigation Group(202) 588-1000
1600 20th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20009
snelson@citizen.org
Party name: Representative Henry A. Waxman
 
Daniel B. Ravicher Public Patent Foundation, Inc.(212) 790-0442
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
55 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY  10003
ravicher@pubpat.org
Party name: Public Patent Foundation
 
Lawrence D. Rosenberg Jones Day(202) 879-3939
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20001
ldrosenberg@jonesday.com
Party name: Bayer AG and Bayer Corp.
 
Howard R. Rubin Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP(202) 625-3500
2900 K Street, NW
North Tower - Suite 200
Washington, DC  20007
howard.rubin@kattenlaw.com
Party name: Apotex, Inc.
 
Steve D. Shadowen Hilliard & Shadowen LLC(855) 344-3298
39 W. Main Street
Mechanicsburg, PA  17055
steve@hilliardshadowenlaw.com
Party name: National Association of Chain Drug Stores
 
Kannon K. Shanmugam Williams & Connolly LLP(202) 434-5000
725 Twelfth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
kshanmugam@wc.com
Party name: Merck & Co., Inc.
 
Robert P. Taylor Arnold & Porter LLP(202) 942-5000
555 Twelfth Street, NW
Washington, DC  20004-1206
RobertTaylor@porter.com
Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association
 
Barbara D. Underwood Solicitor General(212) 416-8016
Office of the Attorney General
120 Broadway, 25th Floor
New York, NY  10463
barbara.underwood@ag.ny.gov
Party name: New York, et al.
 
Kenneth W. Zeller 601 E Street NW (202)-434-2060
Washington, DC  20049
kzeller@aarp.org
Party name: AARP, et al.