ARCH v. AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., INC.

No. CIV. A. 96-5903.

984 F.Supp. 830 (1997)

Steven R. ARCH, et al. v. The AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, INC., et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

June 17, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Sheller, Sherrice A. Knisely, Sheller, Ludwig, & Badey, Philadelphia, PA, Thomas E. Mellon, Jr., Mellon, Webster & Mellon, Doylestown, PA, Arnold Levin, Jonathan Shub, Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA, Julia W. Mc Inerny, Coale and Van Susteren, Washington, DC, Gary Robert Fine, Rodham and Fine, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, Dianne M. Nast, Roda and Nast, P.C., Lancaster, PA, for Plaintiffs.

Edward F. Mannino, Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, PA, Peter S. Greenberg, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, PA, for American Tobacco Co., Inc., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

Edward F. Mannino, Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, PA, for American Brands, Inc.

Hugh R. Whiting, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, Morton F. Daller, Tracy Canuso Nugent, Daller, Greenberg and Deitrich, Fort Washington, PA, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Morton F. Daller, Tracy Canuso Nugent, Daller, Greenberg and Deitrich, Fort Washington, PA, for RJR Nabisco, Inc.

Peter S. Greenberg, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, PA, for Batus, Inc., Batus Holdings, Inc.

Judy L. Leone, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, Thomas Finarelli, Lavin, Coleman, O'Neil, Ricci, Finarelli & Gray, Philadelphia, PA, for B.A.T. Industries, P.L.C.

Judy L. Leone, Robert C. Heim, Christine C. Levin, Ronni Ellen Fuchs, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, Philip Morris, Inc.

Judy L. Leone, Robert C. Heim, Christine C. Levin, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, for Philip Morris Companies, Inc.

Howard M. Klein, William J. O'Brien, Conrad, O'Brien, Gellman & Rohn, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Lorillard Tobacco Co., Inc., Lorillard, Inc., Tobacco Institute, Inc.

William J. O'Brien, Conrad, O'Brien, Gellman & Rohn, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Loews Corp.

Judy L. Leone, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, Madeline M. Sherry, Stephen J. Imbriglia, Hecker, Brown, Sherry and Johnson, Philadelphia, PA, UST, Inc.

Joseph W. Fullem, Jr., Patrick W. Kittredge, Gary M. Marek, Kittredge, Donley, Elson, Fullem & Embick, Philadelphia, PA, for Counsil for Tobacco Research-U.S.A., Inc.

J. Kurt Straub, Abrahams, Lowenstein, Bushman & Kauffman, Philadelphia, PA, for Liggett Group, Inc., Liggett & Myers, Inc., Brooke Group, Ltd.

Matthew L. Myers, Nat. Ctr. for Tobacco Free Kids, Washington, DC, for American Heart Assoc., American Cancer Society, American Lung Assoc.


MEMORANDUM

NEWCOMER, District Judge.

Presently before this Court are Motion of Defendant B.A.T. Industries p.l.c. to Dismiss the First Amended Complaint for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction, and plaintiffs' response thereto, and defendant's reply thereto. For the following reasons, the Court grants defendant's motion. Also before this Court are Motion to Quash and for Entry of a Protective Order of Defendant B.A.T. Industries p.l.c., and plaintiffs'...

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