Case Name: APOTEX, Inc. v. Sebelius

Court: U.S. Supreme Court   Docket: No. 10-453

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Case Result: Petition for certiorari denied on decision which narrowly interpreted forfeiture provision of Hatch-Waxman Act.

Case Name: Ass'n for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics

Oral argument scheduled for April 15, 2013.

Court: U.S. Supreme Court    Docket: 12-398 

Read Summary and AARP's Amicus Briefs:

U. S. Supreme Court (12-398) Brief 1 (PDF), Brief 2 (PDF), U.S. Supreme Court (11-725) (PDF), U.S. Ct. App. Fed. Cir. (2010-1406) Brief 1 and Brief 2  (PDF) 

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Case Issue: Are human genes patentable?

Case Name: Astra USA v. Santa Clara

Court: U.S. Supreme Court     Docket: 09-1273

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Case Issue: Can public health facilities (known as 340B entities) sue pharmaceutical companies for breach of contract as third-party beneficiaries when companies improperly charged prices higher than the amount they agreed to charge under an agreement with HHS as a condition of participation in Medicaid?

Case Name: Atlanta Oculoplastic Surgery v. Nestlehutt

Court: Ga. Supreme Ct.    Docket: S091432

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Case Result: Court ruled that the State's cap on non-economic damages violates state's constitution because it deprives citizens of equal protection under the law and interferes with the right to have a jury decide damage amounts.

Case Name: Ball v. Betlach (formerly Rodgers)

Court: U.S. Dist. Ct. Az.    Docket: CV-00-67

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Case Result: In settlement, state agreed to deliver critical home and community based services as scheduled; remedy any gaps in service within two hours; maintain backup workers to cover gaps; keep a 800 line available for reporting gaps in service; report monthly on level of gaps in service; and pay attorneys fees and costs.