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JONES v. AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.

Nos. 5:97CV0593, 5:97CV0594.

17 F.Supp.2d 706 (1998)

Dale JONES, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, et al., Defendants. Judith WILLIAMS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, Eastern Division.

April 23, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Russell Smith, R. Bryan Nace, Laybourne, Smith, Gore & Goldsmith, Akron, OH, for Dale Jones and Dorothy Jones.

David S. Cupps, J. Scott Jamieson, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Columbus, OH, Thomas E. Riley, Chadbourne & Parke, New York City, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

Diane P. Chapman, Thomas H. Shunk, Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, OH, Thomas J. Frederick, Dan K. Webb, Thomas R. Bearrows, Joseph J. Zaknonen, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Philip Morris Inc.

Robert C. Weber, Kim F. Bixenstine, Dennis L. Murphy, Roger Allen Hipp, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco.

David J. Hooker, Thomas J. Collin, Robert Francis Ware, Jr., Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, OH, Steven Klugman, Harry Zirlin, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, for Council for Tobacco Research — U.S.A., Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

(Resolving Docket Nos. 38, 41-1, 41-2, 43 and 71).

(Resolving Docket Nos. 48, 51-1, 51-2, 55 and 78).

DOWD, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Before the Court are several motions that apply with equal force to both of the above cited cases.1 Defendants R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (as successor by merger to The...

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