WALKER v. LIGGETT GROUP, INC.

No. CIV.A. 2:97-0102.

982 F.Supp. 1208 (1997)

Earl William WALKER, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, v. LIGGETT GROUP, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. West Virginia, Charleston Division.

June 4, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Humphreys, Charleston, WV, Teresa C. Postle, James F. Humphreys & Associates, Charleston, WV, Kenneth B. McClain, Gregory Lyeh, Humphrey, Farrington & McClain, P.C., Independence, MO, for Earl William Walker, Jr.

Eugene T. Hague, Jr., Parkersburg, WV, Francis H. Hare, Jr., Hare, Wynn, Newell and Newton, Birmingham, AL, Dianne M. Nast, Robert J. LaRocca, Roda & Nast, Lancaster, PA, Stanley M. Chesley, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co., Cincinnati, OH, Wendell Gauthier, Matairie, LA, Calvin C. Fayard, Jr., Fayard & Honeycutt, Denham Springs, LA, On Behalf of Certain Class Members In Scott v. The American Tobacco Co., No. 96-8461 (C.D.C. Louisiana) and Putative Class Members Herein.

Eugene T. Hague, Jr., Parkersburg, WV, Francis H. Hare, Jr., Hare, Wynn, Newell and Newton, Birmingham, AL, Dianne M. Nast, Robert J. LaRocca, Roda & Nast, Lancaster, PA, Stanley M. Chesley, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co., Cincinnati, OH, Wendell Gauthier, Matairie, LA, Calvin C. Fayard, Jr., Fayard & Honeycutt, Denham Springs, LA, Gary Robert Fine, Rodham & Fine, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, On Behalf of Certain Putative Class Members In Arch v. American Tobacco Co., No. 96-5903 (E.D.Pa.) and Putative Class Members Herein.

Kenneth E. Knopf, Benjamin T. Hughes, Pullin, Knopf, Fowler & Flanagan, Charleston, WV, Michael M. Fay, Aaron H. Marks, Daniel R. Benson, Marc E. Kasowitz, Joseph R. Hawry, George Santa, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, New York, NY, for Liggett Group, Inc., Liggett & Myers, Inc.

Lee Dymits, San Francisco, CA, pro se.

Jason Huber, Forman & Crane, L.C., Charleston, WV, Leslie Brueckner, Arthur H. Bryant, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Washington, DC, Steve Baughman, Baron & Budd, Dallas, TX, for Cynde Westmoreland.

Webster J. Arceneaux, III, Lewis, Friedberg, Glasser, Casey & Rollins, Charleston, WV, John D. Shuff, Janette L. Skeels, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, San Francisco, CA, for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.

Webster J. Arceneaux, III, Lewis, Friedberg, Glasser, Casey & Rollins, Charleston, WV, Betty D. Montgomery, Atty. Gen., Michael J. Renner, Chief Counsel, Eric S. Brown, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Ohio, Columbus, OH, for State of Ohio.

Paul D. Kruper, Thomas L. Vankirk, Stanley Yorsz, Jeffrey J. Bresch, Buchanan Ingersoll, Pittsburgh, PA, D. Michael Fisher, Atty. Gen., Joel M. Ressler, Sr. Deputy Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, PA, John G. Knorr, III, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., State of Pennsylvania, Chief, Litigation Section, Harrisburg, PA, Reeder R. Fox, Duane, Morris & Hecksher, Philadelphia, PA, for Com. of Pennsylvania.

Gale A. Norton, Atty Gen., Colorado, Denver, CO, Martha Phillips Allbright, Chief Dep. Atty. Gen., Richard A. Westfall, Solicitor General, Hugo Teufel, III, Dep. Solicitor Gen., Colorado Atty. Gen.'s Office, Denver, CO, for State of Colorado.

Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Georgia, Atlanta, GA, for State of Georgia.

Don Stenburg, Atty. Gen., Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, for State of Nebraska.

T. Roe Frazer, II, Melissa C. Patterson, Langston Frazer Sweet & Freese, Jackson, MS, for Estate of Burl Butler, Hnery Lee White, Mae White, Clyde Maine, Robert V. Watson, Jettie Bradley, Arthur Bolden, Joyce Carrothers.

Walter M. Little, Coal Township, PA, pro se.

Bill Pryor, Atty. Gen., Alabama, Montgomery, AL, for State of Alabama.

M. Jane Brady, Atty. Gen., Delaware, Wilmington, DE, State of Delaware.

Hardy Myers, Atty. Gen., Oregon, Salem, OR, for State of Oregon.

Mark Barnett, Atty. Gen., South Dakota, Pierre, SD, for State of South Dakota.

John Knox Walkup, Atty. Gen., Tannessee, Nashville, TN, for State of Tennessee.

William U. Hill, Atty. Gen., Wyoming, Cheyenne, WY, for State of Wyoming.

Eugene T. Hague, Jr., Parkersburg, WV, for James E. McCune.

Raymond Marano, Coal Township, PA, pro se.

James M. Dunyan, Coal Township, PA, pro se.

Stanley Rasalla, Coal Township, PA, pro se.

Frederick C. Baker, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, Charleston, SC, for City of New York, New York City Health and Hosp. Corp., County of Erie.

Thomas A. Mungavin, Coal Township, PA, pro se.

Lawrence W. Schonbrun, Berkeley, CA, for Faye Schonbrunn.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HADEN, Chief Judge.

Pending are requests for dismissal contained in the oppositions and objections of the States of Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Wyoming, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, their officers, agencies and institutions. The Court GRANTS the States, request and DISMISSES the States, their non-objecting fellow sovereigns, and...

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