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GROUP HEALTH PLAN, INC. v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC.

No. CIV.98-1036(PAM/JGL).

68 F.Supp.2d 1064 (1999)

GROUP HEALTH PLAN, INC., a nonprofit Minnesota health maintenance organization; HealthPartners, Inc., a nonprofit Minnesota health maintenance organization; and Medica, a nonprofit Minnesota health maintenance organization and subsidiary of Allina Health System, Plaintiffs, v. PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; B.A.T. Industries P.L.C.; British-American Tobacco Company Limited; BAT (U.K. & Export) Limited; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Liggett Group Inc.; United States Tobacco Company; Hill & Knowlton, Inc.; The Council for Tobacco Research-U.S.A., Inc.; The Tobacco Institute, Inc.; and the Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

April 29, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Zelle, Lawrence T. Hofmann, Richard Michael Hagstrom, Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Gette, Lewis A. Remele, Jr., Gregory Paul Bulinski, Bassford Lockhart Truesdell & Briggs, Minneapolis, MN, for Group Health Plan, Inc., HealthPartners, Inc.

Lewis A. Remele, Jr., Gregory Paul Bulinski, Bassford Lockhart Truesdell & Briggs, Minneapolis, MN, for Medica.

Peter W. Sipkins, Robert A. Schwartzbauer, Mark John Ginder, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, MN, Michael R. Geske, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Jack L. Lipson, David Eggert, Charles Spicknall, James Scarboro, Thomas Stoever, Alfred T. McDonnell, Arnold & Porter, Denver, CO, William Maledon, Osborn Maledon, Phoenix, AZ, for Phillip Morris Inc.

James Stuart Simonson, Jonathan M. Redgrave, Gray Plant Mooty Mooty & Bennett, Minneapolis, MN, Jeffrey J. Jones, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Columbus, OH, Robert Klonoff, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Jack Michael Fribley, Lori Ann Wagner, Faegre & Benson, Kenneth Bass, Karen DeSantis, Richard A. Rice, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco, Co.

Kyle E. Hart, Richard G. Jensen, Fabyanske Westra & Hart, Kathy McFarland, Mary Elizabeth McGarry, Brian Lake, Ronald M. Neumann, Joseph McLaughlin, Minneapolis, MN, Kathy McFarland, Mary Elizabeth McGarry, Brian Lake, Ronald M. Neumann, Joseph McLaughlin, Jill C. Owens, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York, NY, for B.A.T. Industries.

John Walter Getsinger, Leonard Street and Deinard, Minneapolis, MN, Amy Hendricks, Steven Vollins, for British American Tobacco Co. Ltd., BAT (U.K. & Export) Ltd.

David George Martin, Rider Bennett Egan & Arundel, Minneapolis, MN, Jeffrey S. Nelson, Susan D. Wolfe, J. Patrick Sullivan, Shook Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Elizabeth Hoene Martin, for Lorillard Tobacco Co.

Robert V. Atmore, Steven D. Kelley, Reuben A. Mjaanes, Lindquist & Vennum, Minneapolis, MN, James Stricker, Aaron H. Marks, Nancy E. Straub, for Liggett Group, Inc.

Richard Gary Mark, Diane M. Helland, Eric J. Rucker, Briggs & Morgan, Minneapolis, MN, for U.S. Tobacco Co.

Joseph T. Dixon, Jr, Neil M. Kliebenstein, Henson & Efron, Minneapolis, MN, Marc Rachman, Bruce M. Ginsburg, Bruce M. Ginsberg, Davis & Gilbert, New York, NY, for Hill & Knowlton Inc.

Robert Lawrence Purdy, Kirk O. Kolbo, Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, Minneapolis, MN, Steven Klugman, Steve Michaels, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY, for Council for Tobacco Research USA, Inc.

George W. Flynn, Flynn & Gaskins, Minneapolis, MN, for Tobacco Institute, Inc.

Geoffrey P. Jarpe, Maun & Simon, Minneapolis, MN, Barry Schaevitz, for Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc.

Clifford M. Greene, Greene Espel, Minneapolis, MN, pro se.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MAGNUSON, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the Court upon Defendants' Motion to Dismiss. For the following reasons, Defendants' motion is granted in part and denied in part.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs consist of various health maintenance organizations attempting to recoup healthcare costs they incurred for their members' tobacco-related illnesses. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants conspired to mislead and confuse the...

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