Walgreen Co. v. Johnson & Johnson

JOYNER, District Judge.

Before the Court are Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 50), Plaintiffs' Opposition thereto (Doc. No. 54), Defendants' Reply in Support thereof (Doc. No. 56), and Plaintiffs' Sur-reply thereto (Doc. No. 57). For the reasons set forth below, we grant Defendants' Motion.

This case arises from Plaintiffs' Walgreen Co. and The Kroger Co. ("Retailer Plaintiffs") allegations that Defendants Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Biotech, Inc. (collectively "Janssen") ("J & J") violated federal antitrust laws through an anticompetitive scheme to exclude competition,…