Gloria SCOTT and Deania M. Jackson, on Behalf of Themselves and all other Persons Similarly Situated
v.
The AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, INC., et al.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 11, 1998.
March 11, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert L. Redfearn, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, L.L.P., New Orleans, and Wendell H. Gauthier, Gauthier & Downing, Metairie, and Stephen B. Murray, Murray Law Firm, Walter J. Leger, Jr., Leger & Mestayer, New Orleans, for Plaintiffs/Appellees Gloria Scott, et al.
Scott F. Delacroix, Charles F. Gay, Jr., Deborah B. Rouen, Robert Markle, Adams and Reese, New Orleans, and Gary R. Long, James P. Muehlberger, Jennifer L. Brown, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Kansas City, MO, for Defendants/Appellants Philip Morris Incorporated and Philip Morris Companies Inc.
Philip A. Wittmann, Stephen H. Kupperman, Dorothy H. Wimberly, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, L.L.P., New Orleans, and Jerome R. Doak, Margaret I. Lyle, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, TX, for Defendant/Appellant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Steven W. Copley, John M. McCollam, Gordon, Arata, McCollam & Duplantis, L.L.P., New Orleans, and Gary R. Long, James P. Muehlberger, Jennifer L. Brown, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Kansas City, MO, for Defendants/Appellants Lorillard Tobacco Company, Lorillard, Inc., and Loews Corporation.
Charles W. Schmidt, III, C. Edgar Cloutier, Christovich & Kearney, L.L.P., New Orleans, for Defendants/Appellants United States Tobacco Company and UST, Inc.
Joy G. Braun, John W. Hite, III, Sessions & Fishman, L.L.P., New Orleans, for Defendant/Appellant American Brands, Inc. now known as Fortune Brands, Inc.
Alan H. Goodman, Thomas M. Benjamin, Lemle & Kelleher, L.L.P., New Orleans, for Defendant/Appellant The Tobacco Institute, Inc.
Charles L. Chassaignac, Carmelite M. Bertaut, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, L.L.P., New Orleans, and Richard A. Schneider, Michael R. Powers, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants/Appellants Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (Individually and as Successor by Merger to the American Tobacco Company), Batus, Inc., and Batus Holdings, Inc.
Philip A. Wittmann, Stephen H. Kupperman, Dorothy H. Wimberly, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, L.L.P., New Orleans, and D. Scott Wise, Vince Chang, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY, for Defendant/Appellant RJR Nabisco, Inc.
Before SCHOTT, C.J., and ARMSTRONG and WALTZER, JJ.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
ON MOTION TO DISMISS
ARMSTRONG, Judge.
Before us are motions addressed only to purely procedural issues. Thus, the merits of this case are not addressed in this opinion. The plaintiffs have filed motions to dismiss the manufacturer-defendants' appeal in No. 98-CA-0042 and the manufacturer-defendants' answer to appeal in No. 97-CA-1973. We deny on the merits the motion to dismiss in No. 98-CA-0042 and we deny as moot the motion to dismiss in No. 97-CA-1973...
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