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SERVICE EMPLOYEES INT'L UNION v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC.

Nos. CIV.A 98-704 GK, CIV.A. 98-1569 GK and CIV.A. 98-1716 GK.

83 F.Supp.2d 70 (1999)

SERVICE EMPLOYEES INT'L UNION HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PHILIP MORRIS INC., et al., Defendants. S.E.I.U. Local 74 Welfare Fund, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Philip Morris Inc., et al., Defendants. Michael H. Holland, Trustee of the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Philip Morris Inc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

December 21, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Watson Cuneo, the Cuneo Law Group, P.C., Washington, DC, Michael C. Spencer, Milberg, Weiss, Bershard, Hynes & Lerach, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

David Stewart Eggert, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, for Defendant Philip Morris, Inc.

Paul Sommer Ryerson, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, for RJR Nabisco, Inc.

Kenneth N. Bass, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for Defendant Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.,

Kenneth N. Bass, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, Robert John Cynkar, Cooper, Carvin & Rosenthal, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for Defendant B.A.T. Industries, P.L.C.

Michael Broughton MacWilliams, Goodell, Devries, Leech & Gray, L.L.P, Baltimore, MD, for Defendant Lorillard Tobacco Company.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KESSLER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, numerous labor union health and welfare trust funds,1 have brought suit against the Defendant tobacco companies and two of their ancillary organizations to recoup economic damages they allege are the result of Defendants' conduct. Plaintiffs claim these damages were caused by what they allege to be the deceptive, fraudulent...

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