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CIPOLLONE v. LIGGETT GROUP, INC.

Nos. 85-5073, 85-5074.

789 F.2d 181 (1986)

Antonio CIPOLLONE, individually and as Executor of the Estate of Rose D. Cipollone v. LIGGETT GROUP, INC., a Delaware Corporation; Philip Morris Incorporated, a Virginia Corporation and Loew's Theatres, Inc., a New York Corporation. Appeal of LIGGETT GROUP, INC., Appellant in 85-5073. Appeal of LOEW'S THEATRES, INC., Appellant in 85-5074.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1986.

As Amended April 18, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 9, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan S. Naar, Paul A. Rowe, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis & Bergstein, Woodbridge, N.J., for Liggett Group, Inc.

Barry L. Shapiro, Charles J. Walsh, Sills Beck Cummis Zuckerman Radin Tischman & Epstein, Newark, N.J., for Loew's Theatres, Inc.

Michael J. Vassalotti, Brown, Connery, Kulp, Wille, Purnell & Green, Camden, N.J., for Philip Morris Inc.

Marc Z. Edell (argued), Cynthia A. Walters, Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C., Morristown, N.J., (Alan M. Darnell, Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, Woodbridge, N.J., David J. Novack, Budd, Larner, Kent, Gross, Picillo, Rosenbaum, Greenberg & Sade, Short Hills, N.J., of counsel), for Rose D. Cipollone and Antonio Cipollone.

Paul M. Bator (argued), Cambridge, Mass., for appellants.

Before HUNTER, SLOVITER, Circuit Judges, and GILES, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied May 9, 1986.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

This case, before the court on the district court's certification pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) (1982), presents the question whether the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1331-1340 (1982) (the "Act"), preempts any or all of the state common law claims brought by appellee Antonio Cipollone and his...

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