Legal Opinion
Ortho Diagnostic Systems, Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 22, 1996No. 93 Civ. 2656(LAK)PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION
KAPLAN, District Judge.
This case reflects the competitive struggle between two powers in the sale of test products used in screening the blood supply for the presence of viruses. Defendant Abbott Laboratories, Inc. (“Abbott”), in the period at issue, was stronger than plaintiff Ortho Diagnostic Systems, Inc. (“Ortho”), a subsid iary of Johnson & Johnson in the sense that Abbott alone manufactured all five of the commonly used tests and its market shares generally were higher. The controversy involves Ortho’s claim that Abbott violated the antitrust laws by entering into a…
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