Walgreen Co et al v. Warner Chilcott Public Limited Company et al

Filing 8

ORDER Consolidating case 1:14-CV-000102-S-PAS with 1:13-MD-002472-S-PAS for all pretrial purposes. So Ordered by Chief Judge William E. Smith on 4/1/14. (Jackson, Ryan)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND
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LOESTRIN 24 FE ANTITRUST
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LITIGATION
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___________________________________)
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WALGREEN CO., et al.,
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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WARNER CHILCOTT PUBLIC
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LIMITED COMPANY, et al.,
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Defendants.
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___________________________________)

C.A. No. 1:13-md-02472-S

C.A. No. 1:14-00102-S

ORDER
WILLIAM E. SMITH, Chief Judge.
On October 3, 2013, the United States Judicial Panel on
Multidistrict

Litigation

transferred

to

this

Court

six

(6)

actions captioned above collectively as Loestrin 24 FE Antitrust
Litigation, C.A. No. 1:13-md-02472-S (the “MDL Matter”).

Upon

review of the complaints and other papers filed with the Court
in

connection

with

the

MDL

Matter

and

in

connection

with

Walgreen Co., et al. v. Warner Chilcott Public Limited Company,
et al., C.A. No. 1:14-00102-S (the “Walgreen Co. Matter”), the
Court notes that the complaints in both cases describe the same
or substantially similar underlying events and operative facts,
and

assert

claims

arising

out

of

the

same

or

substantially

similar actions.

Furthermore, the Court notes that the claims

are asserted against all or most all of the same defendants.
such,

IT

consolidate

IS

HEREBY

the

two

ORDERED
cases

that

captioned

the

Clerk

above

for

of

the

all

As

Court

pretrial

purposes.
By virtue of being consolidated with the MDL Matter, the
parties to the Walgreen Co. Matter shall be bound by the Case
Management and other orders previously issued in the MDL Matter.
If any party to the Walgreen Co. Matter objects to being so
bound, it shall file any such objection with the Court prior to
April 15, 2014.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

/s/ William E. Smith
Judge William E. Smith
United States District Judge
April 1, 2014

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