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LABORERS LOCAL 17 HEALTH & BEN. v. PHILIP MORRIS

Nos. 97 CIV. 4550(SAS), 97 CIV. 4676, 97 CIV. 7346, 97 CIV. 8462 and 97 CIV. 9395 through 97 CIV. 9402.

7 F.Supp.2d 294 (1998)

LABORERS LOCAL 17 HEALTH & BENEFIT FUND and the Transport Workers Union New York City Private Bus Lines Health Benefit Trust, Plaintiffs, v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., B.A.T. Indus. P/L/C/. Lorillard Tobacco Co., Inc., Liggett & Myers Inc., The American Tobacco Co., United States Tobacco Co., The Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Inc., The Tobacco Institute, Inc., Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc, and Hill & Knowlton, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

April 28, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perry Weitz, Arthur M. Luxenberg, Steven E. Fineman, Karen J. Mandel, Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., New York, NY, Melvyn I. Weiss, David J. Bershad, Michael C. Spencer, Kenneth J. Vianale, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, New York, NY, William S. Lerach, Patrick J. Coughlin, Allen M. Mansfield, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, San Diego, CA, Robert J. Connerton, James S. Ray, John McN. Broaddus, Connerton & Ray, Washington, DC, Stephen Gordon, Joel Spivak, Mirkin & Gordon, Great Neck, NY, for Laborers Local 17 (97 Civ. 4550), UFT (97 Civ. 4676).

Michael A. Ciaffa, G. Oliver Koppell, Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C., Mineola, NY, Robert S. Schachter, Natalie Blaney, Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling, LLP, New York, NY, for Eastern States (97 Civ. 9346), Puerto Rican ILGWU (97 Civ. 8462), Later-Filed Actions (97 Civ. 9396 through 97 Civ. 9402).

Levy, Ratner & Behroozi, p.c., New York, NY, David Paul Horowitz, Law Office of David Paul Horowitz, New York, NY for plaintiffs in cases 97 Civ. 9399, 97 Civ. 9401 only.

Peter C. Hein, Barbara Robbins, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY, Marjorie Press Lindblom, Peter A. Bellacosa, Kirkland & Ellis, New York, NY, David M. Bernick, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Robert W. Gaffey, Michael S. Chernis, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, New York, NY, Alan E. Mansfield, Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel, New York, NY, for Defendants in All Actions.

Paul K. Stecker, Paul F. Jones, Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber, Buffalo, NY, for Philip Morris, Inc.

Kenneth N. Bass, Paul B. Taylor, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for defendant Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., including as successor by merger to defendant The American Tobacco Co.

Robert F. McDermott, Jr., Donald B. Ayer, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, for defendant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp., RJR Nabisco, Inc.

Mark Cunha, Adam Stein, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York, NY, for defendant B.A.T Industries p.l.c. in all cases, British-American Tobacco Company Ltd. in all cases except 97 Civ. 9395-9398, 97 Civ. 9400, 97 Civ. 9402.

Thomas J. McCormack, Robert Pruyne, Chadbourne & Parke, New York, NY, for British-American Tobacco Company Ltd. in cases 97 Civ. 9395-9398, 97 Civ. 9400, 97 Civ. 9402.

Robert E. Northrip, Bruce R. Tepikian, Samuel B. Sebree, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Kansas City, MO, for Lorillard Tobacco Co.

Peter J. McKenna, Eric S. Sarner, Mark S. Cheffo, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, for U.S. Tobacco Co.

Anthony Mansfield, Seward & Kissel, New York, NY, for Tobacco Institute, Inc.

Steven Klugman, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY, for Council for Tobacco Research-U.S.A., Inc.

Michael M. Fay, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, New York, NY, for Liggett Group, Inc.

Bruce M. Ginsberg, Michael C. Lasky, Davis & Gilbert, New York, NY, for Hill & Knowlton, Inc.

Barry S. Schaevitz, Jacob, Medinger & Finnegan, LLP, New York, NY, for Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

On March 25, 1998, I denied substantial portions of defendants' motion to dismiss these complaints for failure to state a claim. Defendants now seek certification for interlocutory review of that order under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b). Certification is appropriate when an order "involves a controlling question of law as to which there is substantial ground for difference of opinion" and "immediate appeal...

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