CZ Services, Inc. v. Express Scripts Holding Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CZ SERVICES, INC., et al., Case No. 3:18-cv-04217-JD
Plaintiffs,
ORDER RE SUMMARY JUDGMENT
v. MOTIONS
EXPRESS SCRIPTS HOLDING Re: Dkt. Nos. 239, 244 COMPANY, et al., 11 Defendants.
12 In this dispute between a pharmacy and a pharmacy benefits manager (“PBM”), the parties have filed a blizzard of summary judgment motions, Dkt. Nos. 239, 244, and motions to exclude experts under Federal Rule of Evidence 702 and Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993), Dkt. Nos. 241, 243, 246, 247. The motions were accompanied by multiple declarations with hundreds of pages of exhibits. Defendants also filed a motion to strike certain declarations as untimely under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26. Dkt. No. 303. Both sides have asked to seal substantial portions of their briefs, declarations, and exhibits, which has compounded the burden on the Court and, more importantly, unfairly sought to hide to these proceedings from …