CENTRAL LABORERS WELFARE FUND, et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS INC., et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, S.D. Illinois.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 30, 1998.
November 30, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
L. Thomas Lakin, Lakin Law Firm, Wood River, IL, for plaintiffs.
David B. Love, Thomas J. Frederick, Dan K. Webb, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Lisa A. Pake, Alan C. Kohn, Kohn, Sands et al., St. Louis, MO, Lawrence R. Desideri, Chicago, IL, for Philip Morris, Inc.
Thomas F. Gardner, Jones, Day, et al., Chicago, IL, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Andrew R. McGaan, James C. Munson, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
Adam I. Stein, Mark G. Cunha, Simpson, Thacher et al., New York City, Stephen M. Schoenbeck, Lathrop, Gage et al., St. Louis, MO, for B.A.T. Industries PLC.
Kurt E. Reitz, J. William Newbold, III, Thompson Coburn, Belleville, IL, for Lorillard Tobacco Co., Inc.
James A. Morsch, Harold C. Wheeler, Butler, Rubin et al., Chicago, IL, Michael M. Fay, Kasowitz, Benson et al., New York City, for Liggett Group, Inc.
Kenneth J. Mallin, Rodney W. Ott, Bryan Cave, St. Louis, MO, Michael E. Wiles, Christopher M. Green, R. Townsend Davis, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, for Council for Tobacco Research USA Inc.
Larry E. Hepler, Burroughs, Hepler et al., Edwardsville, IL, Deborah L. Kuhn, Altheimer & Gray, Chicago, IL, for Tobacco Institute, Inc.
Richard E. Boyle, Thomas R. Peters, Gundlach, Lee, et al., Belleville, IL, David B. Love, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc.
Thomas E. Jones, Walker & Williams, Belleville, IL, for Weeke Wholesale Co., Dearborn Wholesale Grocers, Inc., World Wide Tobacco, Inc., Zenith Tobacco Corp., Republic Tobacco Management Corp.
Michael T. Hannafan, Cory A. Johnson, Chicago, IL, Aime L. Hendricks, Thomas J. McCormack, Chadbourne & Parke, New York City, for British American Tobacco Co., Ltd.
Shevon L. Harris, Lewis, Rice et al., St. Louis, MO, Michael C. Lasky, Davis & Gilbert, New York City, for Hill & Knowlton, Inc.
United States District Court, S.D. Illinois.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MURPHY, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on its own motion to reconsider its order of March 16, 1998, (Doc. 60) denying the Plaintiffs' motion to remand (Doc. 19). For the following reasons, the Court vacates its order of March 16, 1998, (Doc. 60) and grants the Plaintiff's motion to remand (Doc. 19).
BACKGROUND
On May 30, 1997, the Plaintiffs...
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