1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.W.3d
  4. 244 S.W.3d
  5. 244 S.W.3d 116 (2007)
 

COM. EX REL. STUMBO v. PHILIP MORRIS, USA

No. 2006-CA-001425-MR.

244 S.W.3d 116 (2007)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky ex rel., Gregory D. STUMBO, Attorney General, Appellant, v. PHILIP MORRIS, USA; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Commonwealth Brands, Inc.; Liggett Group LLC; Sherman 1400 Broadway N.Y.C., Inc.; King Maker Marketing, Inc.; Japan Tobacco International USA, Inc.; Kretek International, Inc.; P.T. Djarum; Liberty Brands, LLC; Vibo Corporation, d/b/a General Tobacco; Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc.; Von Eicken Group; Farmers Tobacco Co. of Cynthiana, Inc.; and Top Tobacco, L.P., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Discretionary Review Denied by Supreme Court February 13, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry C. Deener, Elizabeth A. Deener, Landrum & Shouse LLP, Lexington, KY, for Appellant.

David T. Schaefer, Woodward Hobson & Fulton, L.L.P., Louisville, KY, for appellee Philip Morris USA.

Charles S. Cassis, Theresa A. Canaday, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Louisville, KY, Steve Patton, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for appellees R.J. Reynolds And Lorillard Tobacco Company.

Robert J. Brookhiser, Elizabeth B. McCallum, Howery LLP, Washington, D.C., J. Guthrie True, Johnson True & Guarnieri, Frankfort, KY, for Appellees Commonwealth Brands, Inc.; Liggett Group LLC; Sherman 1400 Broadway N.Y.C., Inc.; King Maker Marketing, Inc.; Japan Tobacco International USA, Inc.; Kretek International, Inc.; P.T. Djarum; Liberty Brands, LLC; Vibo Corporation, d/b/a General Tobacco; Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc.; Von Eicken Group; and Farmers Tobacco Co. of Cynthiana, Inc.

Before LAMBERT, TAYLOR, and WINE, JUDGES.

OPINION AND ORDER

LAMBERT, Judge.

The Commonwealth of Kentucky appeals from an Order of the Franklin Circuit Court compelling arbitration and staying its Motion for Declaratory Judgment. For the reasons set forth herein, we dismiss this appeal.

In November 1998, the Attorneys General of forty-six states and six territories (hereinafter "the Settling States"), including Appellant, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and the four major domestic tobacco...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases