In a case brought before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois a number of drug manufactures and drug wholesalers, including Johnson & Johnson, Ciba- Geigy Corp, Sandoz, Forest Laboratories, GD Searle, Cardinal Distribution, Whitmire Distribution Corp, Amerisource, Bindley Western Corp, Bergen Brunswig Corp and McKesson Corp were accused of price fixing of brand name prescriptions.