PALMER v. LIGGETT GROUP, INC.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Cohn with whom Webster & Sheffield, New York City, Samuel Adams, Joseph J. Leghorn, Warner & Stackpole, Boston, Mass., and James V. Kearney, New York City, were on brief, for appellants.

Paul M. Bator, Chicago, Ill., with whom Kathryn A. Oberly, Washington, D.C., Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., Marshall Simonds, Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Boston, Mass., Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, Mo., and Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for Philip Morris, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., The American Tobacco Co., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. and Lorillard, Inc., amici curiae.

Richard P. Campbell, John A.K. Grunert, Timothy Wilton, Campbell and Associates, Professional Corp., Boston, Mass., and William H. Crabtree, Knoxville, Tenn., on brief, for Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. and Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Ass'n of the U.S., Inc., amicus curiae.

Robert S. Potters with whom Daniel A. Shapiro and Nix & Potters, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellees.

Alan B. Morrison with whom Cornish F. Hitchcock, William B. Schultz, Matthew L. Meyers, Washington, D.C., and Scott D. Ballin were on brief, for American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, American Public Health Association, and Public Citizen, amici curiae.

Before BOWNES, Circuit Judge, BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.