Legal Opinion
Jefferson County Pharmaceutical Ass'n, Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 23, 1983No. 81-827PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
The issue presented is whether the sale of pharmaceutical products to state and local government hospitals for resale in competition with private retail pharmacies is exempt from the proscriptions of the Robinson-Patman Act.) — I
Petitioner, a trade association of retail pharmacists and pharmacies doing business in Jefferson County, Alabama, *152commenced this action in 1978 in the District Court for the Northern District of Alabama as the assignee of its members’ claims. Respondents are 15 pharmaceutical manufacturers, the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, and the Cooper Green…
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