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KOTLER v. AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.

Nos. 90-1297, 90-1400.

981 F.2d 7 (1992)

Joanne KOTLER, Individually and as Administratrix, etc., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. The AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 4, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Traft, Diana Lumsden, Garry Van Inge, Eric Nissen, Carney & Bassil, and Nissen & Lumsden, Boston, Mass., on memoranda, for plaintiff, appellant.

Andrew F. Lane, Boston, Mass., Thomas E. Bezanson, Bruce G. Sheffler, Mary T. Yelenick, Warner & Stackpole, Boston, Mass., and Chadbourne & Parke, New York City, on memoranda for defendant, appellee American Tobacco Co.

Samuel Adams, Joseph J. Leghorn, Boston, Mass., James V. Kearney, New York City, Warner & Stackpole, Boston, Mass., and Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon, New York City, on memoranda for defendant, appellee Liggett Group Inc.

Marshall Simonds, Thomas J. Griffin, Jr., Paul E. Nemser, Boston, Mass., Thomas E. Silfen, Washington, D.C., Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar, Boston, Mass., and Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., on memoranda for defendant, appellee, Philip Morris, Inc.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This opinion promises to be the final trek in a long safari of a case. At journey's end, we reaffirm our earlier judgment, see Kotler v. American Tobacco Co., 926 F.2d 1217 (1st Cir.1990) [Kotler III], and dismiss the vestiges of plaintiff's two appeals.

I. BACKGROUND

Our prior opinion memorializes much of this case's convoluted procedural history. See id. at 1219-20. We...

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