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STATE v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC.

179 Misc.2d 435 (1998)

686 N.Y.S.2d 564

State of New York et al., Plaintiffs, v. Philip Morris, Incorporated, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, New York County.

December 23, 1998

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City (Douglas S. Liebhafsky, Peter C. Hein, David Gruenstein and Barbara Robbins of counsel), for Philip Morris, Incorporated, defendant. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom L. L. P., New York City (Peter J. McKenna and Eric S. Sarner of counsel), for United States Tobacco Company, defendant. Schneider, Kleinick, Weitz, Damashek & Shoot, New York City (Philip M. Damashek, Brian J. Shoot and Diane Welch Bando of counsel), for State of New York, plaintiff.

STEPHEN G. CRANE, J.

An order staying all proceedings in this action was entered on November 24, 1998, in order to obtain from the court approval of a Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), in accordance with section II (ss) thereof, and of a Smokeless Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (STMSA) as contemplated by its section II (mm). At the same time the court granted provisional class certification of a class...

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