County of Santa Clara V.astra USA, Inc.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, v.

ASTRA USA, INC.; ASTRAZENECA

PHARMACEUTICALS LP; AVENTIS

PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; BAYER

CORPORATION; BRISTOL-MYERS No. 06-16471

SQUIBB COMPANY; PFIZER, INC.;

SCHERING-PLOUGH CORPORATION  D.C. No.

CV-05-03740-WHA

TAP PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS,

OPINION

INC.; ZENECCA INC.; ZLB BEHRING

LLC; SMITHKLINE BEECHAM

CORPORATION; SMITHKLINE

BEECHAM CORPORATION, dba GlaxoSmithKline; WYETH, INC.;

WYETH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,

Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California William H. Alsup, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 11, 2008—San Francisco, California

Filed August 27, 2008

Before: Stephen Reinhardt, Melvin Brunetti and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Fisher

11761 11764 COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA v. ASTRA USA

COUNSEL

Patrick J. Coughlin, Sanford Svetcov (argued), Jeffrey W. Lawrence, Jacqueline E. Mottek, Aelish M. Baig and Jennie COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA v. ASTRA USA 11765 Lee Anderson, Coughlin…