Phyllis Small et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Respondents,
v.
Lorillard Tobacco Company, Inc., et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants
Catherine Zito et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Respondents,
v.
American Tobacco Company, Inc., et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants
Sharlene Hoberman et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Respondents,
v.
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants
Rose Frosina et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Respondents,
v.
Philip Morris, Inc., et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants
Mary A. Hoskins, as Executrix of Edwin P. Hoskins, Deceased, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Respondent,
v.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
October 27, 1998
October 27, 1998
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Martis Ann Brachtl and Louis Gottlieb of counsel (Jonathan M. Plasse, Brian S. Campf, Hollis L. Salzman, Lisa Wayne Weiss, Peter W. Brueggen, Sameer Rastogi and Stephen B. Murray, Jr., on the brief; Goodkind Labaton Rudoff & Sucharow, L. L. P., and Steven Murray Law Firm, attorneys), for respondents.
Gary R. Long of counsel (Alan Mansfield, Robert J. Kirshenberg and John K. Sherk, III, on the brief; Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel; Dechert Price & Rhoads, and Shook Hardy & Bacon, L. L. P., attorneys), for Lorillard Tobacco Company and another, appellants.
Harry Zirlin of counsel (Bruce G. Merritt and R. Townsend Davis, Jr., on the brief; Debevoise & Plimpton, attorneys), for Council for Tobacco Research-U.S.A., appellant.
Allison Scher of counsel (Anthony R. Mansfield and Jack Yoskowitz on the brief; Seward & Kissel, attorneys), for The Tobacco Institute, appellant.
Daniel J. O'Neill of counsel (Thomas E. Riley, Gretchen Werwaiss and David M. Stark on the brief; Chadbourne & Parke, L. L. P., and King & Spalding, attorneys), for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, as successor by merger to The American Tobacco Company, appellant.
Roy L. Reardon of counsel (John J. Kenney and Joseph M. McLaughlin on the brief; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, attorneys), for B.A.T. Industries, P. L. C., appellant.
Hugh R. Whiting of counsel (Mark A. Belasic, Elizabeth A. Grove, Robert W. Gaffey, Harold K. Gordon and Kimberly C. Roosevelt on the brief; Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, attorneys), for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, appellant.
WALLACH, WILLIAMS and TOM, JJ., concur.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.
ROSENBERGER, J. P.
These consolidated appeals arise out of five related class actions brought by cigarette consumers against the leading cigarette manufacturers, their parent organizations, the Council for Tobacco Research (CTR) and the Tobacco Institute (TI). The latter two defendants are research and lobbying organizations created by the tobacco companies.
In one of the orders appealed from, plaintiffs...
Let's get started
Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting Sign on now to see your case. Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.
Updated daily.
Uncompromising quality.
Complete, Accurate, Current.
Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full
text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.
Cited Cases
No Cases Found
Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the
full text of the citing case.
