Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Melvyn I. Weiss, Michael C. Spencer (Argued), Kenneth J. Vianale, Beth A. Kaswan, Joan T. Brown, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, LLP, New York, N.Y; Richard B. Sigmond, Thomas H. Kohn, Sagot, Jennings & Sigmond, P.C., Philadelphia, PA; Robert J. Connerton, James R. Ray, John McN. Broaddus, Connerton & Ray, Washington, DC; Perry Weitz, Robert L. Gordon, Jerry Kristal, Mitchell Breit, Karen J. Sabine, Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., Cherry Hill, NJ; Of Counsel: Professor G. Robert Blakey Professor Einer Elhauge, for Appellants.
Herbert Wachtell (Argued), Steven M. Barna, Peter C. Hein, Stephen R. Blacklocks, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, N.Y., Mary A. McLaughlin, David M. Howard, Aline J. Fairweather, Andrew S. Miller, Kathy E. Ochroch, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA; David S. Eggert, James Rosenthal, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, for Appellee Philip Morris Incorporated.
Robert H. Klonoff, Paul S. Ryerson, Paul Reichert, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC; John D. Goetz, Maureen T. Taylor, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellee R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Edward W. Warren, Kenneth N. Bass, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for Appellee Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (including as successor by merger to The American Tobacco Company).
William J. O'Brien, Howard M. Klein, Conrad, O'Brien, Gellman & Rohn, P.C., Philadelphia, PA; Jeffrey S. Nelson, Joseph A. Lanahan, Shook, Hardy, & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, MO, for Appellee Lorillard Tobacco Company.
J. Kurt Straub, Obermayer, Rebman, Maxwell & Hippel, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee Liggett & Myers, Inc.
Stephen J. Imbriglia, Hecker, Brown, Sherry & Johnson, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee United States Tobacco Company.
Patrick W. Kittredge, Glenn E. Davis, Kittredge, Donley, Elson, Fullem & Embick, LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Steven Klugman, R. Townsend Davis, Jr. Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, N.Y., for Appellee The Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Inc.
William J. O'Brien, Howard M. Klein, Conrad, O'Brien, Gellman & Rohn, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee The Tobacco Institute.
Wilbur L. Kipnes, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc.
Richard L. Kremnick, Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley, LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Bruce M. Ginsberg, Marc Rachman, Davis & Gilbert, New York, N.Y., for Appellee Hill & Knowlton, Inc.
Stephanie W. Kanwit, Groom Law Group Chartered, Washington, DC; David Allen, Corina Trainer, UMWA Health & Retirement Fund, Washington, DC; Daniel B. Edelman, Yablonski, Both & Edelman, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund.
Kenneth S. Geller, John J. Sullivan, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, DC; Stephen A. Bokat, Robin S. Conrad, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States.
Carl R. Schenker, Jr., John H. Beisner, Teresa Kwong, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Washington, DC; Hugh F. Young, Jr., Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Reston, VA, for Amicus Curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.
Jan S. Amundson, General Counsel National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae National Association of Manufacturers.
Before: BECKER, Chief Judge, SCIRICA and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.
