ALCON MANUFACTURING, LTD et al v. APOTEX INC. et al

Filing 275

ORDER granting 250 Motion to Sever Claims by and Against Sandoz, Inc. Signed by Judge Richard L. Young on 2/22/2010. (PG)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION ALCON MANUFACTURING, LTD., ALCON LABORATORIES, INC., and KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO. LTD., Plaintiffs, vs. APOTEX INC. AND APOTEX CORP., Defendants. ALCON RESEARCH, LTD., ALCON LABORATORIES, INC. and KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO. LTD., Plaintiffs, vs. SANDOZ INC., Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

1:06-cv-1642-RLY-TAB (Consolidated)

ORDER GRANTING APOTEX'S MOTION TO SEVER CLAIMS BY AND AGAINST SANDOZ INC. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 21 ("Rule 21"), Apotex Inc. and Apotex Corp. (collectively "Apotex") move to sever all claims by and against Sandoz Inc. ("Sandoz") in this matter and allow Apotex and Plaintiffs to move forward with the currently scheduled trial on April 26, 2010, without Sandoz. The court, having read and reviewed the motion, and noting that Plaintiffs and Sandoz do not oppose this motion, now GRANTS Apotex's motion (Docket # 250). IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED,
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ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Count I of Plaintiffs' February 2, 2009, Complaint against Sandoz and Counts I-III of Sandoz's April 20, 2009, First Amended Answer and Counterclaims are hereby severed and now constitute a separate cause of action under Cause No. 1:09-cv-103-RLY-JMS, the cause in which the claims against Sandoz originally arose. As Cause No. 1:09-cv-103-RLY-JMS is currently closed, the Clerk is ORDERED to reopen that cause. The trial on the remaining counts of Cause No. 1:06cv-1642-RLY-TAB shall proceed on April 26, 2010, as previously scheduled.

SO ORDERED this 22nd day of February 2010.
__________________________________ RICHARD L. YOUNG, JUDGE United States YOUNG, CHIEF JUDGE RICHARD L. District Court United n District of Court SoutherStates District Indiana Southern District of Indiana Electronic Copies to: Jessamyn S. Berniker WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP [e-mail] Robert B. Breisblatt KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP. [e-mail] Vincent L. Capuano DUANE MORRIS LLP [e-mail] Bruce Roger Genderson WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP [e-mail]

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Robert M. Gould DUANE MORRIS LLP [e-mail] Abram B. Gregory TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP [e-mail] Kathleen I. Hart BOSE MCKINNEY & EVANS, LLP [e-mail] Paul B. Hunt BARNES & THORNBURG LLP [e-mail] Donald E. Knebel BARNES & THORNBURG LLP [e-mail] Craig M. Kuchii KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP [e-mail] Thomas J. Maas KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP [e-mail] Martin S. Masar III KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP [e-mail] Donald R. McPhail DUANE MORRIS LLP [e-mail] Kerry Brendan McTigue DUANE MORRIS LLP [e-mail] Adam L. Perlman WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP [e-mail]

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Deborah Pollack-Milgate BARNES & THORNBURG [e-mail] Gayle A. Reindl TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP [e-mail] Richard Thomas Ruzich DUANE MORRIS LLP [e-mail] Larry Selander [e-mail] Thomas H. L. Selby WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP [e-mail] Daniel P. Shanahan WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP [e-mail] Todd G. Vare BARNES & THORNBURG LLP [e-mail] Shelley J. Webb WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP [e-mail]

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