Legal Opinion
Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America v. Commissioner, Maine Department of Human Services
District Court, D. Maine
Decided June 8, 2001No. CIV 00-157-B-HPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON EDWIN D. SCHINDLER’S MOTION TO INTERVENE
HORNBY, Chief Judge.
Edwin D. Schindler owns stock in three companies that are members of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). He wants to intervene in the lawsuit PhRMA has brought against the Commissioner of the Maine Department of Human Services challenging the lawfulness of Maine’s prescription drug pricing statutes. Schindler wants to make an argument that PhRMA does not: specifically, that federal patent law preempts the Maine statutes. I DENY Schindler’s motion to intervene under Fed.R.Civ.P. 241; PhRMA adequately…
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