UNITED STATES EX REL. DEBORAH SHELDON, Executrix of the Estate of Troy Sheldon,… v. Allergan Sales, LLC

ON REHEARING EN BANC
PUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 20-2330
UNITED STATES EX REL. DEBORAH SHELDON, Executrix of the Estate of
Troy Sheldon, United States of America, ex rel.,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
ALLERGAN SALES, LLC,
Defendant – Appellee.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; TAXPAYERS AGAINST FRAUD EDUCATION
FUND,
Amici Supporting Appellant,
WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION; CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND
MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA,
Amici Supporting Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore.
Ellen Lipton Hollander, Senior District Judge. (1:14-cv-02535-ELH)
Argued: September 15, 2022 Decided: September 23, 2022

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Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, MOTZ, KING, AGEE,
WYNN, DIAZ, THACKER, HARRIS, RICHARDSON, QUATTLEBAUM, RUSHING,
and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by published per curiam order.
ARGUED: Joshua Yrion Dos Santos, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
Washington, D.C., for Amicus United States. Joseph M. Callow, Jr., KEATING,
MUETHING & KLEKAMP, PLL, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellant. John Patrick Elwood,
ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON
BRIEF: Gregory M. Utter, Paul R. Kerridge, Collin L. Ryan, KEATING MUETHING &
KLEKAMP PLL, Cincinnati, Ohio; Joel D. Hesch, THE HESCH FIRM, LLC, Lynchburg,
Virginia, for Appellant. Michael A. Rogoff, Paula R. Ramer, New York, New York,
Jeffrey L. Handwerker, Christian D. Sheehan, ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER
LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. Brian M. Boynton, Acting Assistant Attorney
General, Michael S. Raab, Charles W. Scarborough, Civil Division, UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.; Erek L. Barron, United States Attorney,
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Amicus
United States. Jacklyn De Mar, TAXPAYERS AGAINST FRAUD EDUCATION
FUND, Washington, D.C.; John W. Black, Samuel J. Buffone, Jr., BLACK &
BUFFONE PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Taxpayers Against Fraud Education
Fund. John M. Masslon II, Cory L. Andrews, WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION,
Washington, D.C., for Amicus Washington Legal Foundation. James C. Stansel,
Melissa B. Kimmel, PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF
AMERICA, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers
of America. Tara S. Morrissey, Andrew R. Varcoe, UNITED STATES CHAMBER
LITIGATION CENTER, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Chamber of Commerce of the
United States of America. John C. O’Quinn, Matthew S. Owen, Matthew D. Rowen,
Andrea R. Butler, KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States of America.

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PER CURIAM:
On rehearing en banc, the panel opinions in United States ex rel. Sheldon v. Allergan
Sales, LLC, 24 F.4th 340 (4th Cir. 2022), are vacated, and the judgment of the district court
is affirmed by an equally divided court.
AFFIRMED

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