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BUTLER v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

Civ. A. No. 3:92-CV-732B.

815 F.Supp. 982 (1993)

Burl BUTLER and Dean Butler v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., et al.

United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

March 18, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Roe Frazer, II, Langston and Frazer, Isaac K. Byrd, Jr., Byrd & Associates, Dennis C. Sweet, III, Dockins & Sweet, Jackson, MS, Don Barrett, Barrett Law Offices, Lexington, MS, Brooke Ferris, Gibbes Graves Mullins, Bullock and Ferris, Laurel, MS, for plaintiffs.

Edward Blackmon, Jr., Canton, MS, for R.J. Reynolds.

Walker W. Jones, Phelps Dunbar, Jackson, MS, for Phillip Morris.

Lawrence J. Franck, Butler Snow Firm, Jackson, MS, for Loews Corp. & Lorillard.

James E. Upshaw, Upshaw Williams Biggers Page Kruger, Greenwood, MS, for American Tobacco Co.

George P. Hewes, III, Brunini Grantham Grower Hewes, Jackson, MS, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co.

Natie P. Caraway, Wise Carter Child Caraway, Jackson, MS, for Liggett Group, Inc. & Liggett & Myers.

Michael Ulmer, Watkins and Eager, Jackson, MS, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Robert L. Johnson, III, Natchez, MS, for Capitol Tobacco, Jackson Cigar & Tobacco, Corr-Williams.

Francis K. Decker, Jr., James V. Kearney, New York City, for Liggett Group & Liggett & Myers.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BARBOUR, Chief Judge.

This cause is before the Court upon the Motion of Plaintiffs to Remand and for Sanctions. Having considered the Motion, supporting and opposing memoranda and attachments thereto, the Court finds that the Motion of Plaintiffs to Remand should be granted.

I. Background

Burl and Dean Butler, residents of Laurel, Mississippi, have filed this products liability suit against six tobacco...

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