Jesse Brown, Rev., On Behalf of Himself and All Members of the Uptown Coalition for Tobacco Control and Health; Aaron Eleazer; Pansy Smith; Ellen Irving; National Association of African Americans for Positive Imagery, Inc., Appellants
v.
Philip Morris Inc.; Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation; B.A.T. Industries; Lorillard Tobacco Company Inc.; the American Tobacco Company; UNITED STATES Tobacco Company; the Council for Tobacco Research U.S.A., Inc.; the Tobacco Institute, Inc.; Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc.; Hill & Knowlton, Inc.; Rjr Nabisco Holdings Corp.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Liggett Group Inc.; Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued: January 19, 2001.
Filed May 17, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Stephen J. Imbriglia, Esquire Hecker, Brown, Sherry & Johnson 18th & Arch Streets 1700 Two Logan Square Philadelphia, PA 19103, Attorneys for US Tobacco Company.
Patrick W. Kittredge, Esquire Kittredge, Donley, Elson, Fullem & Embrick 421 Chestnut Street, 5th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19106 Attorneys for the Council for Tobacco Research, U.S.A., Inc.
Wilbur L. Kipnes, Esquire Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis 1600 Market Street, suite 3600 Philadelphia, PA 19103, Attorneys for Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc.
Richard L. Kremnick, Esquire Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley One Logan Square Philadelphia, PA 19103, Attorneys for Hill & Knowlton, Inc.
Daniel F. Kolb, Esquire Anne B. Howe, Esquire Davis, Polk & Wardwell 450 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017, Attorneys for RJR Nabisco Holdings.
Edward C. Schmidt, Esquire Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue 500 Grant Street, 31st Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Morton F. Daller, Esquire Daller, Greenberg & Dietrich 7111 Valley Green Road Valley Green Corporate Center Fort Washington, PA 19034, Attorneys for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco.
J. Kurt Straub, Esquire Jonathan W. Hugg, Esquire One Penn Center, 19th Floor Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel 1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard One Penn Center, 19th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103, Attorneys for Liggett Group, Inc., and Liggett & Myers Tobacco.
Bruce M. Ludwig, Esquire (Argued) William R. Adams, Jr., Esquire (Argued) Sheller, Ludwig & Badey 1528 Walnut Street, 3rd Floor Philadelphia, PA 19102 Black & Adams 123 S. Broad Street, Suite 1820 Philadelphia, PA 19109, Attorneys for Appellants.
Jeffrey G. Weil, Esquire (Argued) Michael F. R. Harris, Esquire Matthew S. Miner, Esquire Alan C. Promer, Esquire Dechert, Price & Rhoads 1717 Arch Street 4000 Bell Atlantic Tower Philadelphia, PA 19103, Attorneys for Philip Morris Incorporated.
Christopher S. D'Angelo, Esquire Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads 123 South Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19109, Attorneys for B.A.T. Industries.
Howard M. Klein, Esquire William J. O'Brien, Esquire Conrad, O'Brien, Gellman & Rohn 1515 Market Street, 16th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19102, Attorneys for Lorillard Tobacco Company.
BEFORE: ROTH and BARRY, Circuit Judges, and SHADUR, District Judge. (Opinion filed: May 17, 2001)
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROTH, Circuit Judge:
Mentholated tobacco products apparently pose greater health risks than non-mentholated ones. Plaintiffs, a group of African-Americans, brought a civil rights action, contending that, with this knowledge, defendant tobacco companies have targeted the marketing of mentholated tobacco products at African-Americans.
Plaintiffs, who designate themselves the "Black Smokers," are the Rev. Jesse Brown, the Uptown...
Let's get started
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.
