SCOTT v. AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.

Civil Action Nos. 96-1946, 96-2200, 96-2201, 96-2202, 96-2203, 96-2204 and 96-2779.

959 F.Supp. 340 (1996)

Gloria SCOTT, et al., v. THE AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., et al. Stiliani A. VAGIANOS v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC., et al. Celeste GAUTHIER, et al v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC., et al. Michael P. PORTEOUS, et al v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC., et al. Jade K. PAPPION v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC., et al. Susan M. CARUSO, et al v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC., et al. Edward Joseph PERRET, Jr. v. PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES, INC., et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

October 31, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter John Leger, Jr., Leger & Mestayer, New Orleans, LA, Robert L. Redfearn, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Wendell H. Gauthier, Gauthier & Murphy, Metairie, LA, Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Richard M. Heimann, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, Stephen Barnett Murray, Murray Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, for Gloria Scott, Deania M. Jackson.

Charles L. Chassaignac, Carmelite M. Bertaut, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Gary R. Long, Gregory L. Fowler, Tim Congrove, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Richard A. Schneider, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, for American Tobacco Co., Inc., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Batus Inc., Batus Holdings Inc.

Robert E. Winn, Joy Goldberg Braun, Sessions & Fishman, New Orleans, LA, Bruce G. Sheffler, Mary T. Yelenick, Dean L. Jarmel, Chadbourne & Parke, New York City, for American Brands Inc.

Stephen H. Kupperman, Phillip A. Wittmann, Dorothy Hudson Wimberly, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Hugh R. Whiting, Mark A. Belasic, Dennis Murphy, Jones, Day, Ravis & Pouge, Cleveland, OH, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Stephen H. Kupperman, Phillip A. Wittmann, Dorothy Hudson Wimberly, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Dennis Murphy, Jones, Day, Ravis & Pouge, Cleveland, OH, for RJR Nabisco Inc.

Charles Fenner Gay, Jr., Scott Edward Delacroix, Deborah Bila Rouen, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, LA, Gary R. Long, Gregory L. Fowler, Tim Congrove, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, for Philip Morris Inc., Philip Morris Companies, Inc.

Steven W. Copley, John Mason McCollam, Gordon, Arata, McCollam & Duplantis, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Gary R. Long, Gregory L. Fowler, Tim Congrove, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, for Lorillard Tobacco Co., Inc., Lorillard Inc., Loews Corp.

Charles W. Schmidt, III, C. Edgar Cloutier, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, LA, for U.S. Tobacco Co., UST Inc.

Alan Harry Goodman, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, LA, for Tobacco Institute, Inc.

John M. Holahan, New Orleans, LA, for J & R. Vending Service, Inc.

Robert L. Redfearn, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Wendell H. Gauthier, Gauthier & Murphy, Metairie, LA, Robert Scott Buhrer, Flanders, Flanders & Buhrer, New Orleans, LA, Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Richard M. Heimann, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, Leo Joseph Palazzo, Palazzo Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, John Bologna Krentel, Metairie, LA, Michael Stephen Rolland, New Orleans, LA, for Stiliani A. Vagianos, Michael P. Porteous.

Lance Stephen Ostendorf, Thomas P. Anzelmo, Campbell, McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo & Hardy, Metairie, LA, for George W. Groetsch, Inc.

Wendell H. Gauthier, Gauthier & Murphy, Metairie, LA, Robert Scott Buhrer, Flanders, Flanders & Buhrer, New Orleans, LA, Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Richard M. Heimann, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, for Celeste Gauthier.

Robert L. Redfearn, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Wendell H. Gauthier, Gauthier & Murphy, Metairie, LA, Robert Scott Buhrer, Flanders, Flanders & Buhrer, New Orleans, LA, Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Richard M. Heimann, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, Leo Joseph Palazzo, Palazzo Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, For Bryan Musso, Carolyn Oster, Suzanne Demarest, Jennifer R. Massett, Dawn Degruy.

Suzanne V. Foulds, New Orleans, LA, pro se.

Robert L. Redfearn, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Wendell H. Gauthier, Gauthier & Murphy, Metairie, LA, Kenneth Michael Carter, Carter & Cates, New Orleans, LA, Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Richard M. Heimann, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, John Bologna Krentel, Metairie, LA, for Jade K. Pappion.

Daniel J. Caruso, Robert L. Redfearn, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Wendell H. Gauthier, Gauthier & Murphy, Metairie, LA, Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Richard M. Heimann, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, John Bologna Krentel, Metairie, LA, for Susan M. Caruso, Steven M. Caruso.

Steven Joseph Rando, Jacobus & Rando, New Orleans, LA, Vaughn J. Perret, Mt. Hermon, LA, for Edward Joseph Perrett, Jr.


ORDER AND REASONS

BERRIGAN, District Judge.

These matters come before the Court on motions to remand filed by the plaintiffs in each of the above captioned cases.1 Having considered the records, the memoranda of counsel and the law, the Court has determined that remand is appropriate for the following reasons.

The plaintiffs filed these suits in state court after the Fifth Circuit rejected the proposed class action...

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