Ruth E. HUGHES, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Sherman Hughes, Sr., Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
THE TOBACCO INSTITUTE, INC.; Philip Morris, Inc.; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; B.A.T. Industries PLC; Lorillard Tobacco Co.; The American Tobacco Company; Liggett Group, Inc.; United States Tobacco Company; The Council for Tobacco Research USA, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
Carlis Cole; et al., Plaintiffs,
Carlis Cole; Charles Cole; Louis Ardoin; Charles Banks; Ruth Davis; Donald French; Lois French; Linda Goodwin; Daniel Hughes; Barbara Orr; Darrell Orr, Sr.; Dale Sonnier; Agnes Vondy, Individually & as Representative of the Estate of Luanne Davis, Deceased; Kaffie Williams, Individually & as Representative of the Estate of Jules Williams, Sr., Deceased; Frank O'Pry; Joseph Wray, the Son of Thomas H. Wray, Deceased, & Paula Wray Ewing, Executrix of the Estate of Thomas H. Wray, Deceased; Patricia Gibson, Individually & as Representative of the Estate of Danny Gibson, Deceased & as Next Friend of Paul Gibson, Patrick Gibson, Bryan Gibson, Gayla Gibson & Gabrielle Gibson, Minors, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
Steven Faircloth, Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
The Tobacco Institute, Inc.; Philip Morris, Incorporated; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; B.A.T. Industries PLC; Lorillard Tobacco Company; The American Tobacco Company; Liggett Group, Inc.; United States Tobacco Company; The Council for Tobacco Research USA, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
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December 28, 2001.
December 28, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jacqueline Marie Stroh (argued), Crofts & Callaway, San Antonio, TX, John T. Flood, Robert C. Hilliard, Hilliard & Munoz, Corpus Christi, TX, Russell W. Heald, Hilliard & Heald, Beaumont, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Lea F. Courington, Scott William MacLaren, Gwinn & Roby, Dallas, TX, for The Tobacco Institute Inc.
Stephen Edward Scheve, Carla Powers Herron, Steven Richard Selsberg (argued), Peter M. Henk, Brian Paul Casey, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Houston, TX, Gary R. Lang, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Lawrence Louis Germer, Germer, Bernsen & Gertz, Beaumont, TX, for Philip Morris Inc.
Michael W. Perrin, Tracey Maria Robertson, King & Spalding, Phillip B. Dye, Jr., Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
William Earl Marple, Jerome Richard Doak, Stephen Brian Yeager, Margaret I. Lyle, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, TX, Walter J. Crawford, Jr., Crawford & Olesen, Beaumont, TX, for R J Reynolds Tobacco Inc.
John J. Kenney, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, Tanner Truett Hunt, Jr., Wells, Peyton, Greenberg & Hunt, Beaumont, TX, for B.A.T. Industries PLC.
James W. Bartlett, Jr., Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, Houston, TX, for Liggett Group Inc.
Mark E. Lowes, Jenkens & Gilchrist, Houston, TX, for Council for Tobacco Research USA Inc.
Before GARWOOD, DeMOSS and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:
Several Plaintiffs, seeking class status, sued numerous tobacco manufacturer and trade association Defendants, alleging negligence, strict liability, fraud, misrepresentation, breach of warranty, antitrust violations, negligent and intentional entrustment, public nuisance, unjust enrichment, aggravated assault, Federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO) violations, and Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA) violations. The...
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