PACIFIC TOBACCO CORP. v. AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY

Civ. No. 70-86.

338 F.Supp. 842 (1972)

PACIFIC TOBACCO CORP., an Oregon corporation dba Pacific Tobacco Company, Plaintiff, v. The AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, Inc., a Delaware corporation, American Brands, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

January 27, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Tilbury, Tilbury & Kane, Portland, Or., for plaintiff Pacific Tobacco Corp.

Wayne Hilliard, Stanley R. Loeb, McColloch, Dezendorf, Spears & Lubersky, Portland, Or., P. G. Pennoyer, Jr., Edward C. McLean, Jr., Daniel J. O'Neill, Chadbourne, Parke, Whiteside & Wolff, New York City, for defendant The American Tobacco Co. and American Brands, Inc.

Garry P. McMurry, McMurry, Sherry, Nichols & Cox, Portland, Or., for defendant Loew's Inc., and Lorillard Corp.

Donald W. McEwen, Cake, Jaureguy, Hardy, Buttler & McEwen, Portland, Or., for defendant Phillip Morris Inc.

Jack L. Kennedy, Portland, Or., for defendant G. A. Georgopulo & Co., Inc.

Allan Hart, Lindsay, Nahstoll, Hart, Duncan, Dafoe & Krause, Portland, Or., for defendant Liggett & Myers, Inc.

John Sabin, Sabin, Newcomb, Sabin & Meyer, Portland, Or., for defendant AMF Inc. (formerly American Machine & Foundry Co.).

Bruce Spaulding, Souther, Spaulding, Kinsey, Williamson & Schwabe, Portland Or., for defendant R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Clifford B. Alterman, Christopher P. Thomas, Kell & Alterman, Portland, Or., Jay H. Topkis, Joel S. Taylor, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for defendant Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

Manley B. Strayer, Cleveland C. Cory, Davies, Biggs, Strayer, Stoel & Boley, Portland, Or., Herbert Dym, George R. Poehner, Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., for defendant The Tobacco Institute, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ALFRED T. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge (Sitting by Designation).

Pacific Tobacco Corp., an Oregon corporation, trying to market a "Cancer" brand cigarette, brought this antitrust action for damages against several tobacco companies and The Tobacco Institute, a nonprofit trade association.

The Tobacco Institute, a corporation with offices in Washington, D. C., and New York City, was made a defendant after the initial complaint...

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