Vern MASEPOHL, individually and on behalf of all other Minnesota residents similarly situated, Plaintiff,
v.
AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, INC.; American Brands, Inc.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; RJR Nabisco, Inc.; Batus, Inc.; Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Philip Morris, Inc.; Philip Morris Companies, Inc.; Lorillard Tobacco Company, Inc.; Lorillard, Inc.; Loews Corporation; United States Tobacco Company; UST, Inc.; The Tobacco Institute, Inc.; Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Inc.; Minter-Weisman Co.; The Pioneer Co., Inc.; and Segal Wholesale, Inc., Defendants.
United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Third Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 8, 1997.
August 8, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Charles Selcer Zimmerman, Barry G. Reed, Zimmerman & Reed, Minneapolis, MN, for Vern Masepohl.
John Walter Getsinger, Byron E. Starns, Jr., Leonard Street & Deinard, Minneapolis, MN, James A. O'Neil, Jack Michael Fribley, Bridget M. Ahmann, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, MN, Mary T. Yelenick, Chadbourne & Parke, New York City, for American Tobacco Co., Inc.
James Stuart Simonson, Gray Plant Mooty Mooty & Bennett, Minneapolis, MN, Hugh R. Whiting, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, Jerome R. Doak, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, TX, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Richard A. Schneider, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, for Batus, Inc.
Peter W. Sipkins, Robert A. Schwartzbauer, Paul James Robbennolt, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, MN, Jack Lipson, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Craig E. Gustafson, John L. Sherk, III, Shook Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Michael L. Zaleski, Quarles & Brady, Madison, WI, for Philip Morris, Inc.
Boyd H. Ratchye, David George Martin, Doherty Rumble & Butler, St. Paul, MN, for Lorillard Tobacco Co.
Richard Gary Mark, Briggs & Morgan, Minneapolis, MN, Micheal Robert Docherty, Howard Allen Roston, Docherty Rumble & Butler, St. Paul, MN, Arthur F. Fama, Jr., Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, L.L.P., New York City, for U.S. Tobacco Co.
George W. Flynn, Hal A. Shillingstad, Cosgrove Flynn & Gaskins, Minneapolis, MN, Bill Livingston, Columbus, OH, for Tobacco Insititute, Inc.
Robert Lawrence Purdy, Maslon Edleman Borman & Brand, Minneapolis, MN, Harry Zirlin, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, for Council for Tobacco Research.
David George Martin, Doherty Rumble & Butler, St. Paul, MN, Eldon J. Spencer, Jr., Leonard O'Brien Wilford Spencer & Gale, St. Paul, MN, for Minter-Weisman Co.
United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Third Division.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MAGNUSON, Chief Judge.
This matter is before the Court upon Plaintiff Vern Masepohl's motion to remand the instant action to state court. For the following reasons, the Court denies Plaintiff's motion.
BACKGROUND
This matter is before the Court upon Plaintiff Vern Masepohl's motion to remand the instant action to state court. For the following reasons, the Court denies Plaintiff's motion.
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