City and County of San Francisco v. Purdue Pharma L.P.

No. 20-73430

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

IN RE TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.,

Petitioner, vs.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT

OF CALIFORNIA,

Respondent,

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO; THE PEOPLE OF THE

STATE OF CALIOFRNIA, ACTING BY AND THROUGH SAN

FRANCISCO CITY ATTORNEY DENNIS J. HERRERA,

Real Party in Interest.

STATEMENT OF DISTRICT COURT JUDGE CHARLES R.

BREYER IN RESPONSE TO MANDAMUS PETITION

United States District Court 450 Golden Gate Avenue San Francisco, CA 94102

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

No. 20-73430

IN RE TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.

STATEMENT OF DISTRICT

COURT JUDGE CHARLES R.

BREYER

IN RESPONSE TO MANDAMUS PETITION

Respondent District Court appreciates the opportunity to comment further on the issues raised in the Petition filed by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (“Teva”). See Petition (dkt. 1-3). Chiefly, in its Petition, Teva asserts the District Court committed clear legal error and abused its discretion when it found that Plaintiffs made a prima facie showing that Teva and its subsidiaries are alter-egos for the sake of establishing…