Legal Opinion

Kentucky v. Purdue Pharma, L.P.

United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

Decided April 4, 2008No. C.A. No. 7:07-222; MDL No. 1603PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

TRANSFER ORDER

JOHN G. HEYBURN, II, Chairman.

Before the entire Panel *: Plaintiffs have moved, pursuant to Rule 7.4, R.P.J.P.M.L., 199 F.R.D. 425, 435-36 (2001), to vacate our order conditionally transferring their action to the Southern District of New York for inclusion in MDL No. 1603. Defendants Purdue Pharma L.P., Purdue Pharma Inc., The Purdue Frederick Co., Purdue Pharmaceuticals L.P., and P.F. Laboratories, Inc., along with The Purdue Pharma Co.; Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Inc.; and Euro-Celtique S.A. (collectively Purdue) oppose the motion to vacate.

After considering all…

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