STATE of Alabama, by and through Governor Bob RILEY and Attorney General Troy King
v.
LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY, INC., et al.
Supreme Court of Alabama.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 28, 2008.
Rehearing Applications Denied June 27, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Troy King, atty. gen., Keith Miller, chief deputy atty. gen., James W. Davis, asst. atty. gen., and Scott L. Rouse, deputy legal advisor, office of the Governor, for appellant.
Vernon L. Wells II of Walston Wells & Birchall, LLP, Birmingham; William J. Baxley, Dillard, Dauphin, McKnight & Barclift, Birmingham; Thomas J. Frederick of Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, Illinois; and James D. Mathias and Brett Ingerman of DLA Piper US LLP, for appellee Philip Morris USA Inc.
Samuel H. Franklin and William H. Brooks of Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC, Birmingham, for appellees R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Lorillard Tobacco Company.
Stephen R. Patton and Douglas G. Smith of Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Chicago, Illinois; and Marjorie P. Lindblom, Peter A. Bellacosa, and Mark W. Rasmussen of Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, New York, New York, for appellee R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Penny P. Reid of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, New York, New York, for appellee Lorillard Tobacco Company.
Alfred F. Smith, Jr., of Bainbridge, Mims, Rogers & Smith, LLP, Birmingham; and Robert J. Brookhiser and Elizabeth W. McCallum of Howrey, LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellees Commonwealth Brands, Inc., Compania Industrial De Tabacos Monte Pax, SA, Daughters & Ryan, Inc., Farmers Tobacco Company of Cynthiana, Inc., House of Prince A/S Japan Tobacco International U.S.A., Inc., King Maker Marketing, Inc., Liberty Brands, LLC, Liggett Group LLC, Peter Stokkebye International A/S P.T. Djarum, Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc., Sherman's 1400 Broadway, N.Y.C., Inc., Top Tobacco, L.P., Vibo Corporation d/b/a General Tobacco, Virginia Carolina Corporation, Inc., and Von Eicken Group.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
SEE, Justice.
The State of Alabama ("the State") appeals from an order of the Montgomery Circuit Court compelling arbitration and denying the State's motion for a declaratory order in an underlying action involving tobacco-product manufacturers. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.
Facts and Procedural History
In 1998, the State and 45 other states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Somoa, the Northern...
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