Delaware Valley Surgical Supply Inc. v. Johnson & Johnson

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DELAWARE VALLEY SURGICAL 

SUPPLY INC.; NIAGARA FALLS

MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER,

Plaintiffs-Appellees, BAMBERG COUNTY MEMORIAL No. 08-55105

HOSPITAL & NURSING CENTER,

Plaintiff-Appellant,  D.C. No.

CV-05-08809-JVS

v.

OPINION

JOHNSON & JOHNSON; JOHNSON &

JOHNSON HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS

INC.; ETHICON INC.; ETHICON ENDO

SURGERY INC.,

Defendants-Appellants.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California James V. Selna, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted April 11, 2008* Pasadena, California

Filed April 30, 2008

Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, Harry Pregerson, and Dorothy W. Nelson, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge D.W. Nelson

*The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). COUNSEL

David M. Schiffman, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for the defendant-appellant.

Russell T. Burke, Nexsen Pruet, LLC, Columbia, South Caro- lina, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Gretchen M. Nelson, Kreindler & Kreindler LLP, Los Ange- les,…