United States DC Circuit
PHARM. RESEARCH & MFRS. OF AM. v. THOMPSON, 03-5117, 03-5118
Various challenges to the "Michigan Best Practices Initiative," a low-cost state prescription drug coverage program, were properly rejected.
Appellate Information
- Argued 12/12/2003
- Decided 04/02/2004
- Published 04/02/2004
Judges
- Before: HENDERSON and ROGERS, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Court
- United States DC Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Jonathan S. Franklin argued the cause for the appellants. Darrel J. Grinstead and H. Christopher Bartolomucci were on brief., Bert W. Rein, Michael L. Sturm, Eve Klindera Reed and Dineen Pashoukos Wasylik were on brief for appellants National Urban Indian Coalition and National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Michigan., Daniel J. Popeo and Richard A. Samp were on brief for amici curiae Washington Legal Foundation et al., Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, State of Michigan, Thomas Case, Solicitor General, State of Michigan, Charles J. Cooper, Hamish P. M. Hume, Gordon D. Todd, Derek L. Shaffer and Elisebeth C. Cook were on brief for Michigan Department of Community Health., Bruce Vignery, Dorothy Siemon, Sarah Lock and Michael R. Schuster were on brief for amicus curiae American Association of Retired Persons.
- For Appellees:
- Alisa B. Klein, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, argued the cause for the appellees. Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney, and Mark B. Stern, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, were on brief.