It's been a tough slog through the courts for a group of pharmacy plaintiffs with antitrust claims against some of the biggest drug companies in the land. Plaintiffs lawyer Joseph Alioto stuck with the case for nearly a decade, including through two trips to the California Supreme Court. Now he's finally run out of appeals.

Drug retailers accused of overcharging West Virginia customers argued that the state attorney general's suit was a disguised class action and belonged in federal court. A divided Fourth Circuit panel disagreed.