Kaiser Foundation v. Abbott Laboratories

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN 

INC.,

Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 06-55687 v.  D.C. No.

CV-02-02443-JFW

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC.;

GENEVA PHARMACEUTICALS

TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION,

Defendants-Appellees. 

KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN 

INC.,

Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 06-55748 v.  D.C. No.

CV-02-02443-JFW

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC.;

GENEVA PHARMACEUTICALS OPINION

TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION,

Defendants-Appellants.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California John F. Walter, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 4, 2008—Pasadena, California

Filed January 13, 2009

Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, and William A. Fletcher, Circuit Judges.

423 424 KAISER FOUNDATION v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES Opinion by Judge William A. Fletcher KAISER FOUNDATION v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES 427

COUNSEL

David C. Frederick, KELLOGG HUBER HANSEN TODD & EVANS, Washington, D.C., W. Scott Simmer, Hardy Vieux, ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI, Minneapolis, Min- nesota, for…