6th Circuit Denies PBMs’ Mandamus Petition For Discovery Order In Opioid MDL

( June 4, 2025, 11:51 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 3 denied a petition for a writ of mandamus filed by a group of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in the nationwide opioid XE "opioid" multidistrict litigation, rejecting arguments that the trial court’s discovery orders are “the kind of extraordinary abuses of discretion that justify mandamus relief.”...

Attached Documents

Order
Order on motion for emergency stay
Writ of mandamus
Emergency motion for stay
Reply brief
Rochester opposition to emergency motion for stay
Order granting motion for an administrative stay
U.S. Chamber of Commerce amicus brief
Amended Jan. 6 order
Order overruling objections
Objection to special master report
Special master report

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