• Skilstaf, Inc. v. CVS Caremark Corp.

    Publication Date: 2012-02-09
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    Date Filed: 2012-02-09
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Susan Illston, District Judge, Presiding Before: Betty B. Fletcher and Sidney R. Thomas, Circuit Judges, and Lee H. Rosenthal, District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Bryan McCulley, McCulley McCluer PLLC, Jacksonville, Florida, for the plaintiff-appellant.
    for defendant: Fred A. Kelly, Jr., Sarah E. Andre, Nixon Peabody LLP, Los Angeles, California, for defendants-appellees New Albertson?s. Inc. and Supervalu Inc. Gregory P. Stone, Michael R. Doyes, Carolyn H. Luedtke, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellee Safeway Inc. Matt Oster, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellee Walgreen Co. Laurence A. Weiss, Kristi K. Elder, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Palo Alto, California, for defendant-appellee The Kroger Co. Steven H. Frankel, Sandra D. Hauser, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Peter Buscemi, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee Rite Aid Corp. Tami S. Smason, Robert H. Griffith, Page R. Barnes, Foley & Lardner LLP, San Francisco, California, for defendants-appellees CVS Caremark Corp. and Longs Drugs Stores Corp.

    Case Number: No. 10-15338

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 1739 SKILSTAF, INC., on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. p cla

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