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FALISE v. AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.

No. CV 97-7640.

241 B.R. 48 (1999)

Robert A. FALISE, Louis Klein, Jr., Frank Macchiarola, Christian E. Markey, Jr., as Trustees, Plaintiffs, v. THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; B.A.T. Industries, PLC; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Philip Morris Incorporated; Liggett Group, Inc.; Lorillard Tobacco Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

November 2, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kazan, McClain, Edises, Simon & Abrams, Oakland, CA, By James L. Stengel, Steven L. Kazan, for Plaintiffs.

Greenberg Traurig, New York, By Alan Mansfield, Stephen L. Saxl, for Defendants Lorillard Tobacco Company, Philip Morris Incorporated, and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, By Gary Long, Gay Tedder, Terrence Sexton, Andrew Carpenter, for Defendants Lorillard Tobacco Company and Philip Morris Incorporated.

Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, By Dan Webb, Jeffrey M. Wagner, for Defendant Philip Morris Incorporated.

Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti, Morristown, NJ, By Alan Kraus, Keith Weingold, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLC, Winston-Salem, NC, By Thomas D. Schroeder, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLC, Atlanta, GA, By R. Dal Burton, for Defendant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, By David M. Bernick, James Munson, Deirdre A. Fox, for Defendants the American Tobacco Company and Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, individually and as successor by merger to the American Tobacco Company.

MEMORANDUM, ORDER AND JUDGMENT

WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.

                            TABLE OF CONTENTS

  I. INTRODUCTION .................................................51

 II. BRIEF HISTORY OF MANVILLE ASBESTOS LITIGATION ................52
     A. Before Bankruptcy in 1982 .................................53
     B. Bankruptcy Proceedings, 1982-88 ...........................54
     C. First Period of Trust Operation, 1988-1996...

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                
                            

                            

                                

                                    
    
                                        
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