Clayworth v. Pfizer Inc.

JAMES CLAYWORTH, et al.,

Plaintiffs and Appellants,

v.

PFIZER, INC., et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

No.  A116798

(Alameda County Super. Ct.

No. RG04172428

California Court of Appeal

First Appellate District

Division Two

Filed August 19, 2008

ORDER MODIFYING OPINION

AND DENYING PETITION

FOR REHEARING

BY THE COURT:

     The opinion filed herein on July 25, 2008, is modified as follows:

     (1) On page 2, fn. 3, line 3, the words "Johnson & Johnson" are deleted so that line 3 should read:

   Janssen Pharmaceutical, Inc.; Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.;

     (2) On page 10, the first line of the fourth paragraph is modified so that it reads:

   In an seven‑to‑one opinion written by Justice White, the Supreme Court reversed the

     (3) On page 22, following the second full paragraph, a new paragraph is added as follows:

The proof problems present in Hanover Shoe are not apparent in the  record here.  To the contrary, while plaintiffs resisted discovery on various grounds, Judge Sabraw specifically found that plaintiffs had not shown it was unduly burdensome or oppressive for them to     produce data regarding purchases and sales of drugs, since the infor-mation was maintained electronically and could apparently be extracted and compiled with relative ease. Indeed, as early as 1978, commentators     were noting the significance and utility of the computer in antitrust       litigation. (See, for example, Board of Editors of the Federal Judicial    Center, Manual for Complex Litigation (1978) § 2.717, p. 80.) And the technological developments in the ensuing 30 years can hardly be  exaggerated.

     (4) On page 24, line 15, the third line of the third full paragraph, the words "again a unanimous" are deleted, and the word "another" substituted, so that the line should read:

   Corp. (1989) 490 U.S. 93, 102-103 (ARC America), another opinion by

     (5) On page 25, line 8, the third line of the first full paragraph, the word "Shoe" is deleted, and the word "Brick" substituted, so that the line should read:

   Darnell-Taenzer Co. (1918) 245 U.S. 531, 533-534.)  In enacting the Illinois Brick

     (6) On page 35, the second sentence in the second full paragraph, at lines 13-14, is deleted.

     (7) On pages 35 through 37, the heading "5.  Even Assuming Hanover Shoe Were the Law in California, the Pass-

On Defense is Available in the Setting Here" and the following discussion are deleted. 

     (8) On page 37 the heading "6.  The UCL Claim Has No Merit" is renumbered to read "5.  The UCL Claim Has No Merit".

     These modifications do not effect a change in the judgment.

     The petition for rehearing is denied.

Trial Court:

     Alameda County Superior Court

Trial Judge:

     Hon. Ronald M. Sabraw

Hon. Harry R. Sheppard

Attorney for Plaintiffs and Appellants:

     Alioto Law Firm, Joseph M. Alioto, Theresa D. Moore, Angelina Alioto-Grace, Joseph M. Alioto, Jr., Thomas P. Pier;

Law Offices of James M. Dombroski, James M. Dombrowski;

Law Offices of Jeffery K. Perkins, Jeffery K. Perkins;

Law Offices of John H. Boone, John H. Boone;

Foreman & Brasso, Russell F. Brasso;

Gary D. McCallister & Associates (pro hac vice), Thomas A. Kelliher (pro hac vice), Eric I. Unrein (pro hac vice); Jaime Goldstein;

Attorneys for Defendants and Respondents:

     Winston & Strawn, Tyler M. Paetkau, Nicole P. Dogwill, Susan A. Pipal;

Eimer Stahl Klevorn & Solberg, David M. Stahl, J. Cunyon Gordon, A. Oyenbanji;

Davis Polk & Wardwell, Amelia Starr, Arthur F. Golden (pro hac vice), William J. Fenrich (pro hac vice), Daniel J. Schwartz (pro hac vice);

Filice Brown Eassa & McLeod, Peter A. Strotz, William El Steimle, Paul R. Johnson;

Kaye Scholer, Aton Arbisser, Bryant S. Delgadillo, Saul P. Morgenstern;

Covington & Burling, Theodore Voorhees (pro hac vice), Jr., Thomas J. Cosgrove (pro hac vice); Elizabeth Abigail Brown, Anita Fern Stork;

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Jeffrey T. Thomas, James N. Knight

Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, Gary Hansen (pro hac vice), David P. Graham (pro hac vice), Aaron Mills Scott (pro hac vice);

Reed Smith, Michele Diane Floyd;

Folger Levin & Kahn, Beatrice Bich-Dao Nguyen, Samuel Ray Miller;

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, William Cavanaugh Jr.;

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, George Cary, Sara D. Schotland;

Irell & Manella, Alexander F. Wiles, John C. Keith;

Dickstein, Shapiro, Peter J. Kadzik, Bernard Nash, Maria Colsey Heard, Milton Marquis, Andres Colin;

Nossaman, Gunther, Knox & Elliott, Scott DeVries, Katrina June Lee;

Drinker, Biddle & Reath, H. Christian L'Orange, Paul H. Saint-Antoine, David J. Antczak;

Hughes Hubbard & Reed, John M. Townsend, Robert P. Reznick;

Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Rita M. Haeusler;

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Elizabeth L. Grayer, Evan R. Chesler, Jessica Buturla, Jeffrey B. Korn;

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Paul J. Riehle, Matthew A. Fischer;

Latham & Watkins, Margaret M. Zwisler, Steven H. Schulman; Latham & Watkins, Charles H. Samel, Belinda S. Lee, Jennifer A. Carmassi;

Arnold & Porter, Douglas L. Wald (pro hac vice), Mark R. Merley, Anne P. Davis (pro hac vice); Ronald C. Redcay, Daniel R. Waldman; Ryan Z. Watts (pro hac vice);

Hogan & Hartson, Joseph H. Young;

Faegre & Benson, James A. O'Neal, Kim J. Walker;

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Steven Oliver Kramer, Donald M. Falk;