United States v. Purdue Frederick Co.

OPINION

JAMES P. JONES, District Judge.

In this criminal case, concluded over six years ago, defendant The Purdue Frederick Company, Inc. (“Purdue”), requests the court to enjoin the Attorney General of Kentucky (the “Attorney General”) from litigating certain claims on behalf of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (the “Commonwealth”) in a civil action pending in that state’s courts.1 Purdue argues that its guilty plea in this case, as well as an associated civil settlement it reached with the federal government over Medicaid payments, conclusively determined certain aspects of the Attorney General’s…