PEREZ v. BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP.

Civil Action No. C-97-070.

967 F.Supp. 920 (1997)

Margarita PEREZ, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Corpus Christi Division.

June 4, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Edwards, Edwards Terry & Edwards, Corpus Christi, TX, Michael G. Guajardo, Paul L. Smith and Associates, Dallas, TX, Joe M. Pena, San Diego, TX, for Margarita Perez, Sandra Garcia, Cynthia Sanchez.

Paul Edward Stallings, Kathleen A. Gallagher, Vinson and Elkins, Houston, TX, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Batus Holdings, Inc.

J. A. Tony Canales, Canales & Simonson, Corpus Christi, TX, John McPherson Pinckney, III, Wells Pinckney and McHugh, San Antonio, TX, Joseph F. Tringali, Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, New York City, for B.A.T. Industries P.L.C.

J. A. Tony Canales, Canales & Simonson, Corpus Christi, TX, Joseph F. Tringali, Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, New York City, for British American Tobacco Co., Ltd.

Darrell Lee Barger, Barger and Moss, Corpus Christi, TX, for Phillip Morris, Inc.

Stephen E. Scheve, Shook Hardy and Bacon, Houston, TX, Walter Cofer, Shook Hardy and Bacon, Kansas City, MO, for Phillip Morris Co., Inc., Lorillard Tobacco Co., Lowes Corp.

Morris Atlas, Atlas and Hall, McAllen, TX, William E. Marple, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, TX, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Morris Atlas, Atlas and Hall, McAllen, TX, D. Scott Wise, Michael S. Kim, Davis Polk and Wardwell, New York City, for RJR Nabisco, Inc.

Tom Arthur Lockhart, Adams and Graham, Harlingen, TX, for UST, Inc., U.S. Tobacc.

Winferd L. Dunn, Jr., Dunn Nutter Morgan and Shaw, Texarkana, AR, Bruce Ginsberg, Davis and Gilbert, New York City, for Hill & Knowlton, Inc.

William Key Wilde, Bracewell and Patterson, Houston, TX, Mark Edwin Lowes, Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, TX, for The Council for Tobacco Research-U.S.A. Inc.

Lea F. Courington, Dallas, TX, Scott W. MacLaren, Gwinn & Roby, Dallas, TX, for The Tobacco Institute, Inc.

Guy H. Allison, The Allison Law Firm, Corpus Christi, TX, Michael S. Sundermeyer, Williams and Connolly, Washington, DC, for Shook, Hardy & Bacon, P.C.

Charles C. Murray, Atlas & Hall, McAllen, TX, for Jesus Ramos, Jesus Ramos, Jr., Across Silva.


ORDER ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS

JACK, District Judge.

On this day came on to be considered Defendants Brown & William Tobacco Corp. ("B & W"), British American Tobacco Company, Ltd. ("British"), Philip Morris, Inc. ("Philip Morris"), R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ("RJR"), Lorillard Tobacco Company & Knowlton, Inc. ("H & K"), The Council for Tobacco Research-U.S.A., Inc. ("CTR"), and Shook, Hardy, Bacon, P...

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