BADON v. RJR NABISCO INC.

No. 98-30942.

236 F.3d 282 (2000)

Carrie BADON; Ray Badon; Russell Badon; Joe Mae Badon-Roberson; Scotty Joseph Badon, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. R J R NABISCO INC.; Liggett & Meyers Tobacco Co.; American Brands Inc.; Philip Morris Companies Inc.; B A T Industries, Ltd.; Pelican Cigar Co.; Malone & Hyde Inc.; Schlesinger Wholesalers & Automotive Cigarette Service Inc.; Philip Morris Inc.; R J Reynolds Tobacco Co.; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co.; Batus Holdings Inc.; American Tobacco Co.; Liggett Group Inc.; Brooke Group Limited; Hill & Knowlton Inc.; Tobacco Industry Research Committee; Council For Tobacco Research USA Inc.; Tobacco Institute Inc.; Fortune Brands Inc.; Liggett & Myers Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 21, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth E. Badon (argued), Drew A. Ranier, Badon & Ranier, Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

James R. Nieset, Plauche, Smith & Nieset, Lake Charles, LA, Theodore Martin Grossman, Mark A. Belasic, Dennis Leo Murphy, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, for RJR Nabisco Inc. and RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Patrick A. Juneau, Jr., Barry Louis Domigue, The Juneau Firm, Lafayette, LA, Deborah B. Rouen, Robert N. Markle, Jeffrey Edward Richardson, Scott Edward Delacroix, Charles F. Gay, Jr. (argued), Adams & Reese, New Orleans, LA, for Philip Morris Companies, Inc. and Philip Morris Inc.

Lloyd N. Shields, Daniel Lund, III, Shields, Mott & Lund, New Orleans, LA, for BAT Industries, Ltd.

John E. McElligott, Jr., Davidson, Meaux, Sonnier, McElligott & Swift, Lafayette, LA, for Pelican Cigar Co., Malone & Hyde, Inc. and Schlesinger Wholesalers & Automotive Cigarette Serv., Inc.

Carmelite M. Bertaut, William F. Grace, Jr., Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, LA, William L. Durham, II, King & Spaulding, Atlanta, GA, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Batus Holdings, Inc., American Tobacco Co. and Fortune Brands, Inc.

Ellen Beth Malow, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, Houston, TX, Madeleine M. Fischer, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrier & Denegre, New Orleans, LA, for Liggett Group, Inc., Brooke Group Ltd. and Liggett & Myers, Inc.

David H. Nelson, Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh, Monroe, LA, for Council for Tobacco Research USA, Inc.

Alan H. Goodman, Thomas Mente Benjamin, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, LA, for The Tobacco Institute, Inc.

Before KING, Chief Judge, and GARWOOD and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

In this interlocutory appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b), plaintiffs-appellants, Carrie Badon and certain of her relatives, challenge the district court's order overruling their motion to remand this removed suit to the Louisiana court in which it was filed. The relevant facts, procedural history and contentions of the parties are set out in our August 16, 2000, opinion herein, Badon v. RJR Nabisco Inc., 224 F.3d 382...

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