WASHINGTON v. BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP.

Civ. A. No. 80-114-3-MAC (WDO).

756 F.Supp. 1547 (1991)

George WASHINGTON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP., Defendant.

United States District Court, M.D. Georgia, Macon Division.

February 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mathis, Sands, Jordan & Adams, Charles A. Mathis, Jr., Brian G. Combs, Macon, Ga., for plaintiffs.

Steve Ralston, New York City, for plaintiff and intervenor NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

Frank C. Jones, King & Spalding, Atlanta, Ga., Buckner F. Melton, Joseph W. Popper, Jr., Sell & Melton, Macon, Ga., Richard A. Schneider, William A. Clineburg, Jr., L. Joseph Loveland, King & Spalding, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant.


OWENS, Chief Judge:

In this most difficult and well-tried dispute, the court is finally prepared to render a decision on the merits of each of the named plaintiff's claims. Before making its final conclusions on the subject, however, the court believes it would be appropriate to detail the procedural history of this case in order to better explain the court's ruling today.

Procedural History

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