Howard Hess Dental v. Dentsply Intl Inc

Opinion

Opinions of the United

2005 Decisions States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

10-4-2005

Howard Hess Dental v. Dentsply Intl Inc Precedential or Non-Precedential: Precedential

Docket No. 04-1979

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PRECEDENTIAL

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

No. 04-1979

HOWARD HESS DENTAL LABORATORIES INCORPORATED;

PHILIP GUTTIEREZ, *d/b/a Dentures Plus, on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated, Appellants

v.

DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL, INC.

*Amended per Clerk's Order dated 4/30/04

No. 04-1980

JERSEY DENTAL LABORATORIES, f/k/a Howard Hess Dental Laboratories Incorporated; PHILIP GUTTIEREZ, *d/b/a Dentures Plus, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated,

Appellants

v.

DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL, INC.; A. LEVENTHAL & SONS, INC.;

ACCUBITE DENTAL LAB, INC.; ADDIUM DENTAL PRODUCTS;

ARNOLD DENTAL SUPPLY COMPANY; ATLANTA DENTAL SUPPLY COMPANY;

BENCO DENTAL COMPANY; BURKHART DENTAL SUPPLY COMPANY; DARBY DENTAL LABORATORY SUPPLY CO., INC.; DENTAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT, INC.; EDENTALDIRECT.COM, INC., as successor to Crutcher Dental, Inc.; HENDON DENTAL SUPPLY, INC.; HENRY SCHEIN, INC., and its affiliates including, without limitation, Zahn Dental Co., Inc.; IOWA DENTAL SUPPLY CO.; JAHN DENTAL SUPPLY COMPANY; JB DENTAL SUPPLY CO., INC.;

JOHNSON & LUND CO., INC.; KENTUCKY DENTAL SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.

a/k/a KDSC Liquidation Corp.; MARCUS DENTAL SUPPLY CO;

MIDWAY DENTAL SUPPLY INC.; MOHAWK DENTAL CO., INC.; NASHVILLE DENTAL, INC.; NOWAK DENTAL SUPPLIES, INC.; PATTERSON DENTAL COMPANY, its subsidiaries, predecessors, successors, assigns, affiliates and related companies; PEARSON DENTAL SUPPLIES, INC.; RYKER DENTAL OF KENTUCKY, INC.; THOMPSON DENTAL COMPANY

*Amended per Clerk's Order dated 4/30/04

On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (D.C. Civil Action Nos. 99-cv-00255 / 01-cv-00267)

District Judge: Honorable Sue L. Robinson

Argued April 7, 2005

Before: BARRY, AMBRO and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges

Thomas A. Dubbs, Esquire (Argued) Richard T. Joffe, Esquire Goodkind, Labaton, Rudoff & Sucharow 100 Park Avenue, 12th Floor New York, NY 10017

Pamela S. Tikellis, Esquire Robert J. Kriner, Jr. Esquire Chimicles & Tikellis, LLP One Rodney Square, Suite 500 P.O. Box 1035 Wilmington, DE 19899

Counsel for Appellants

Richard A. Ripley, Esquire Margaret M. Zwisler, Esquire (Argued) Kelly A. Clement, Esquire

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Eric J. McCarthy, Esquire Charles R. Price, Esquire Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004

Brian M. Addison, Esquire Dentsply International, Inc. Susquehanna Commerce Center 221 West Philadelphia Street York, PA 17405

W. Harding Drane, Jr., Esquire Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP 1313 North Market Street, 6th Floor P.O. Box 951 Wilmington, DE 19899

C. Scott Reese, Esquire Cooch & Taylor 824 Market Street Mall, Suite 1000 P.O. Box 1680 Wilmington, DE 19899

James J. Maron, Esquire Maron Marvel & Wilks, P.A. 1300 North Broom Street P.O. Box 288 Wilmington, DE 19899

Counsel for Appellees

ORDER AMENDING PUBLISHED OPINION

AMBRO, Circuit Judge

IT IS NOW ORDERED that the published Opinion in the above case filed September 21, 2005, be amended as follows:

On page 4, in the caption, replace

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Richard A. Ripley, Esquire Margaret M. Zwisler, Esquire (Argued) Kelly A. Clement, Esquire Eric J. McCarthy, Esquire Charles R. Price, Esquire Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004

with

Margaret M. Zwisler, Esquire (Argued) Eric J. McCarthy, Esquire Charles R. Price, Esquire Latham & Watkins LLP 555 Eleventh Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004

Richard A. Ripley, Esquire Bingham McCutchen LLP 1120 Twentieth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036

By the Court,

/s/ Thomas L. Ambro, Circuit Judge

Dated: October 4, 2005 CMD/cc: Thomas A. Dubb, Esq.

Richard T. Joffe, Esq. Margaret M. Zwisler, Esq. Eric J. McCarthy, Esq. Charles R. Price, Esq. Richard A. Ripley, Esq.