INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 734 HEALTH AND WELFARE TRUST FUND and Central States Joint Board Health and Welfare Trust Fund, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Philip Morris Incorporated, et al., Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued September 21, 1999.
Decided November 15, 1999.
Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 16, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kathy Byrne (argued), Cooney & Conway, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in Nos. 99-1197. 99-1014.
William R. Quinlan, Quinlan & Crisham, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees in Nos. 99-3396, 99-3397.
Stuart Altschuler, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Herbert M. Wachtell (argued), Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY, for Philip Morris Inc.
Sydney B. McDole, Jones, Day, Ravis & Pogue, Dallas, TX, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco in Nos. 99-1197, 99-1014.
Michael A. Pope, McDermot, Will & Emery, Chicago, IL, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., in Nos. 99-3396, 99-3397.
Kenneth N. Bass, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., in Nos. 99-1197, 99-1014.
Fred A. Smith, III, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Chicago, IL, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., in Nos. 99-3396, 99-3397.
Michael T. Hannafan, Hannafan & Associates, Chicago, IL, for B.A.T. Industries P.L.C.
George R. Dougherty, Grippo & Elden, Chicago, IL, for Lorillard Tobacco Company, Inc.
Harold C. Wheeler, Butler, Rubin, Saltarelli & Boyd, Chicago, IL, for Liggett & Myers, Inc.
Edward M. Crane, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Chicago, IL, for U.S. Tobacco Co., Inc.
Larry E. Hepler, Burroughs, Hepler, Broom, MacDonald & Hebrank, Edwardsville, IL, for Tobacco Institute, Inc.
Frank L. Butler, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, IL, for Smokeless Tobacco Council Inc., in Nos. 99-1014, 99-1197.
Michael T. Trucco, Stamos & Trucco, Chicago, IL, for Smokeless Tobacco Council Inc., in Nos. 99-3396, 99-3397.
Deborah L. Kuhn, Altheimer & Gray, Chicago, IL, for Hill and Knowlton, Inc.
Michael A. Pope, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, IL, for Adams Apple Distributing Management Corp.
Royal B. Martin, Jr., Martin, Brown & Sullivan, Chicago, IL, for Council for Tobacco Research-U.S.A., Inc.
Leonard A. Nelson, American Medical Association, Office of the General Counsel, Chicago, IL, for Amici Curiae, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Lug Association, American Medical Association, American Public Health Association, National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids, American College of Physicians, American Society of Internal Medicine.
Before EASTERBROOK, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied in Nos. 99-3396 and 99-3397 December 16, 1999.**
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
States that sued tobacco companies have been promised more than $200 billion in settlement over a 25-year period. Awed by this success, health insurers (including ERISA welfare benefit funds) have filed me-too suits, contending that the tobacco producers must compensate the insurers for the costs of smokers' health...
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