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WEST VIRGINIA-OHIO VALLEY AREA v. AMERICAN TOBACCO

No. CIV.A. 2:97-0978.

29 F.Supp.2d 733 (1998)

WEST VIRGINIA-OHIO VALLEY AREA I.B.E.W. WELFARE FUND, et al., Plaintiff, v. THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. West Virginia, Charleston Division.

March 19, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Rodes, Goldberg, Persky, Jennings & White, P.C., Theodore Goldberg, Goldberg, Persky, Jennings & White, Anthony J. D'Amico, Goldberg, Persky, Jennings & Whites, Pittsburgh, PA, Brian Alan Prim, Goldberg, Persky, Jennings, White & Hostler, Huntington, WV, for West Virginia-Ohio Valley Area I.B.E.W. Welfare Fund.

P. Michael Pleska, Leonard B. Knee, Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love, Charleston, WV, for Anchor Tobacco Co., Goldsmit-Black, Inc., McClure Co., Inc.

Richard E. Rowe, J. David Fenwick, Goodwin & Goodwin, Charleston, WV, for British American Tobacco Co., Ltd.

Aaron H. Marks, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, New York, NY, Kenneth Knopf, Benjamin T. Hughes, Pullin, Knopf, Fowler & Flanagan, Charleston, WV, Michael M. Fay, Marie V. Santacroce, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, New York, NY, for Brooke Group, Ltd., Liggett & Myers, Inc., Liggett Group, Inc.

Gretchen M. Callas, Jackson & Kelly, W. Henry Jernigan, Jr., Jackson & Kelly, Charleston, WV, Kenneth N. Bass, Karen M. DeSantis, Kirkland & Ellis, Jennifer G. Gardner, Washington, DC, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

Joseph P. Moodhe, Lynne Graubert, Bruce G. Merritt, Faune Devlin, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY, Jane E. Harkins, Brown & Levicoff, Beckley, WV, James M. Brown, Brown & Levicoff, Beckley, WV, for The Council for Tobacco Research — U.S.A., Inc.

Bruce M. Ginsberg, Miles A. Baum, Davis & Gilbert, New York, NY, Shawn P. George, George & Lorensen, Charleston, WV, for Hill & Knowlton, Inc.

Robert B. King, King, Allen, Guthrie & McHugh, Charleston, WV, David S. Eggert, Laura K. McNally, Arnold & Porter, Jack L. Lipson, Arnold & Porter, Charles E. Spicknall, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Pamela L. Kandzari, Thomas E. McHugh, Allen Guthrie & McHugh, Charleston, WV, for Philip Morris Inc.

P. Michael Pleska, Leonard B. Knee, Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love, Charleston, WV, John D. Goetz, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Pittsburgh, PA, Robert F. McDermott, Jr., Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Donald B. Ayer, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Robert V. Berthold, Jr., Tony L. O'Dell, Berthold & Tiano, Charleston, WV, for Tobacco Institute, Inc.

David L. Shuman, Shuman, Annand & Poe, Charleston, WV, for United States Tobacco Company.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HADEN, Chief Judge.

Pending are (1) Plaintiff West Virginia-Ohio Valley Area I.B.E.W. Welfare Fund's (Fund) motion to remand; (2) a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction filed by Defendant Council for Tobacco Research U.S.A., Incorporated (CTR); (3) a motion to dismiss pursuant to Rules 12(b)(2), 12(b)(6) and 12(b)(7), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, filed by the Tobacco Institute, Incorporated...

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