STATE OF TEX. v. AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.

No. 5-96CV-91.

14 F.Supp.2d 956 (1997)

The STATE OF TEXAS v. The AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Texarkana Division.

September 8, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. O'Quinn, Kendall Charles Montgomery, O'Quinn & Laminack, Houston, TX, Wayne A. Reaud, Reaud, Morgan & Quinn, Beaumont, TX, Ronald L. Motley, Ann Kimmel Ritter, Jodi Westbrook Flowers, Susan Nial, Charles W. Patrick, Jr., Frederick C. Baker, William M. Gruenloh, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, Charleston, SC, Greg Thompson, Thomas Walter Umphrey, Provost & Umphrey, Beaumont, TX, A. Paul Miller, Miller, James, Miller, Wyly & Hornsby, Texarkana, TX, Hugh Edward McNeely, Provost & Umphrey Law Firm, LLP, Port Arthur, TX, Harold Wayne Nix, Edward Lewis Hohn, Jeffrey John Angelovich, Nix Law Firm, Daingerfield, TX, Donald Gerard Wilhelm, Houston, TX, John Eddie Williams, Jr., Williams Bailey, Houston, TX, Laurence H. Tribe, Cambridge, MA, Harry Grant Potter, III, Assist. Atty. General, Atty. General's Office, Austin, TX, David Grant Kaiser, Kaiser & Morrison, PC, Houston, TX, Paul N. Bartlett, Jr., San Antonio, TX, Alexandra M. Wagner, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson, Charleston, SC, Lee E. Young, Charles J. Mikhail, Scruggs, Millette, Lawson, Bozeman & Dent, Pascagoula, MS, Paul J. Doolittle, Jerry Evans, Ness, motley, Loadolt, Richardson & Poole, Greenville, SC, Robert Blakey, Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, IN, J. Anderson Berly, III, Charleston, SC, Charles Silver, University Law School, Austin, TX, Marc D. Murr, Houston, TX, Jonathan S. Massey, Washington, DC, Michael E. Tigar, Washington College & Law, Washington, DC, for State of Texas.

James N. Haltom, George L. McWilliams, Patton, Haltom, Roberts, McWilliams & Greer, LLP, Texarkana, TX, Paul Edward Stallings, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for American Tobacco Co.

Thomas E. Fennell, Mark R. Hall, Michael Lyn Rice, Randolph L. Burns, Michael C. Streiter, Cynthia M. Callcott, Kelly J. Hunt, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, TX, Victor F. Hlavinka, James Dennis Chambers, Alan David Harrel, Hiram Howard Waldrop, Atchley, Russell, Waldrop & Hlavinka, Texarkana, TX, Robert D. Burton, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Atlanta, GA, Morris Atlas, Atlas & Hall, LLP, McAllen, TX, Nicholas H. Patton, Patton, Tidwell, Sandefur & Paddock, Texarkana, TX, Jonathan M. Engram, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, NC, Walter Joshua Crawford, Jr., Crawford & Olesen, LLP, Beaumont, TX, Denise Fee, Robert F. McDermott, Jr., Geoff Beach, Gregory G. Katsas, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

George L. McWilliams, Patton, Haltom. Roberts, McWilliams & Greer, LLP, Texarkana, TX, Paul Edward Stallings, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, Todd Gale, Bradley E. Lerman, David M. Bernick, Michelle Browdy, Steven D. McCormick, Ram Padmanabhan, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Bruce Sheffler, Tom Bezanson, William Schrier, Chadbourne & Park, New York City, Marjorie Press Lindblom, Kirkland & Ellis, New York City, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

Damon Young, Young, Kesterson & Pickett, Texarkana, TX, John J. Kenney, Adam I. Stein, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, Mark G. Cunha, Tracher & Bartlett, New York City, for B.A.T. Industries, P.L.C.

Victor F. Hlavinka, James Dennis Chambers, Alan David Harrel, Hiram Howard Waldrop, Atchley, Russell, Waldrop & Hlavinka, Texarkana, TX, Dan K. Webb, George C. Lombardi, Timothy O'Connor, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Michael Scott Hull, Maroney, Crowley, Bankston, Richardson & Hull, Austin, TX, Charles C. Lemley, Steven Lockman, Thomas E. Silfen, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Nicholas H. Patton, Patton, Tidwell, Sandefur & Paddock, Texarkana, TX, James E. Scarboro, Thomas W. Stoever, Arnold & Porter, Denver, CO, Lonnie Dayton Nunley, III, Hunton & Willaims, Richmond, VA, Lawrence Louis Germer, Germer & Gertz, Beaumont, TX, Allen R. Purvis, John C. Monica, Jr., Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Washington, DC, Janet L. Johnson, Julia J. Tyler, Johnson & Tyler, Washington, DC, Alf McDonnell, Arnold & Porter, Denver, CO, Stephen C. Bruner, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Barclay A. Manley, Fulbright & Jaworski, Hoston, TX, for Philip Morris, Inc.

Jerry L. Mitchell, Jr., Ellen B. Malow, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, LLP, Houston, TX, for Liggett Group, Inc.

Robert A. Gwinn, John R. Musgrave, Richard P. Cassetta, Gwinn & Roby, Dallas, TX, Donald J. Kemna, Clyde W. Curtis, William L. Allinder, Gene E. Voigts, Anthony J. Andrade, Gregory L. Fowler, Samuel B. Sebree, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, J. William Newbold, coburn & Croft, St. Louis, MO, Carl L. Rowley, Richard S. Cornfield, Michael B. Minton, Thompson Coburn, St. Louis, MO, for Lorillard Tobacco Co., Inc.

Arthur F. Fama, Jr., Michael J. Balch, Peter J. McKenna, Eric S. Sarner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, Kelly B. Tidwell, Nicholas H. Patton, Patton, Tidwell, Sandefur & Paddock, Texarkana, TX, for U.S. Tobacco Co.

Winford L. Dunn, Jr., Dunn, Nutter, morgan & Shaw, Texarkana, TX, Bruce Ginsberg, Andrew D. Herz, Davis & Gilbert, New York City, for Hill & Knowlton, Inc.

Mark W. Lowes, William key Wilde, Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, TX, Dennis Hranitzky, Steven Klugman, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, for Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Inc.

Lea F. Courington, Scott william MacLaren, Benton Jordan Barton, Gwinn & Roby, Dallas, TX, for Tobacco Institute, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER RE DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS COUNTS 1-3 AND COUNTS 4-17 OF THE STATE'S SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT

FOLSOM, District Judge.

CAME ON TO BE CONSIDERED this day Defendants' Motions to Dismiss Counts 1-3 (docket entry # 50) and Counts 4-17 (docket entry # 194) of the State's Second Amended Complaint.1 The Court held oral argument on April 14, 1997. After reviewing the motions, the responses...

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