CITY OF ST. LOUIS v. AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. INC.

No. 4:98CV02087 ERW.

70 F.Supp.2d 1008 (1999)

CITY OF ST. LOUIS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Missouri, Eastern Division.

July 2, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth C. Brostron, Terrance J. Good, Vice-President, Carolyn M. Kopsky, Margaret M. Mooney, Katherine M. Barrett, Lashly and Baer, P.C., St. Louis, MO for plaintiffs.

Frank N. Gundlach, Armstrong Teasdale, LLP, St. Louis, MO, Andrew R. McGaan, Ram Padmanabhan, Kirkland and Ellis, Chicago, IL, for American Tobacco Company, Inc., Batus Holdings, Inc., Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp.

Michael B. Minton, J. William Newbold, III, Bruce D. Ryder, Thompson Coburn, St. Louis, MO, Mark G. Cunha, John D. Roesser, Jerry Coleman, Simpson and Thacher, New York City, for B.A.T. Industries P.L.C., British American Tobacco Holdings, Ltd.

Arthur L. Smith, Jeffrey W. Coverdell, Husch and Eppenberger, St. Louis, MO, for British American Tobacco Company, Ltd.

James A. Durbin, James H. McLarney, Karen Zambri Schutter, Swanson and Midgley, Kansas City, MO, Michael M. Fay, Aaron H. Marks, Nancy E. Straub, Kasowitz and Benson, New York City, for Liggett & Myers, Inc., Liggett Group, Inc., Brooke Group, Ltd.

Michael B. Minton, J. William Newbold, III, Bruce D. Ryder, Thompson Coburn, St. Louis, MO, Gene Voights, Richard L. Gray, Shook and Hardy, Kansas City, MO, for Lorillard Tobacco Co., Lorillard Corp., Loews Corp.

Alan C. Kohn, Lisa A. Pake, Kohn and Shands, St. Louis, MO, Dan K. Webb, David B. Love, Thomas J. Frederick, Winston and Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Philip Morris Incorporated, Philip Morris Companies, Inc.

Michael B. Minton, J. William Newbold, III, Bruce D. Ryder, Thompson Coburn, St. Louis, MO, Robert F. McDermott, Jr., Jones and Day, Washington, DC, Thomas P. McNulty, Thomas F. Gardner, Jones and Day, Chicago, IL, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Charles L. Joley, Donovan and Rose, Belleville, IL, for United States Tobacco Co.

Kenneth J. Mallin, Mark W. Eggert, Bryan Cave LLP, St. Louis, MO, Harry Zirlin, Steven Klugman, Debevoise and Plimpton, New York City, for The Council For Tobacco Research U.S.A., Inc.

Larry E. Hepler, Senior Partner, Daniel W. Farroll, Amy Collignon Gunn, Burroughs and Hepler, Edwardsville, IL, for The Tobacco Institute, Inc.

Richard E. Boyle, Gundlach and Lee, St. Louis, MO, Thomas R. Peters, Gundlach and Lee, Belleville, IL, for Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc.

Michael A. Vitale, Herzog and Crebs, St. Louis, MO, Bruce M. Ginsberg, Davis and Gilbert, New York City, for Hill and Knowlton, Inc.

Michael B. Minton, J. William Newbold, III, Bruce D. Ryder, Thompson Coburn, St. Louis, MO, for Mound City Industries, Inc., Liberty Candy & Tobacco, Co., Westerheide Tobacco & Cigar Co., U-Gas, Inc. D.C., Inc., Jimco, Inc., Marilyn R. Hays.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WEBBER, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court upon plaintiffs' Motion to Remand [Document # 23].

I. STATEMENT OF RELEVANT FACTS.

On November 16, 1998, the plaintiffs filed a petition against defendants in the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, Cause No. 982-9656, styled City of St. Louis, et al. v. American Tobacco Company, Inc.,...

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