R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. v. PHILIP MORRIS INC.

Nos. Civ. 1:99CV00185, Civ. 1:99CV00207 and Civ. 1:99CV00232.

60 F.Supp.2d 502 (1999)

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED, Defendant. Lorillard Tobacco Company, Plaintiff, v. Philip Morris Incorporated, Defendant. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Plaintiff, v. Philip Morris Incorporated, Defendant.

United States District Court, M.D. North Carolina.

Order Denying Motion to Amend July 12, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel R. Taylor, Jr., Kilpatrick Stockton, L.L.P., Winston-Salem, NC, Darryl R. Marsh, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Law Dept., Winston-Salem, NC, Randolph S. Sherman, Michael Malina, David S. Copeland, Eric Aaronson, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, Richard M. Cooper, Steven R. Kuney, John E. Schmidtlein, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, plaintiff.

Larry B. Sitton, Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, Greensboro, NC, Matthew W. Sawchak, Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, Raleigh, NC, Robert R. Marcus, Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, Greensboro, NC, Jerome I. Chapman, Hadrian R. Katz, Richard L. Rosen, L. Elizabeth Bowles, Amy E. Ralph, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, for Philip Morris Incorporated, defendant.

James T. Williams, Jr., Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard, Greensboro, NC, Jennifer Van Zant, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, Greensboro, NC, Irving Scher, Bruce S. Meyer, August T. Horvath, Weil Gotshal & Manges, LLP, New York City, for Lorrilard Tobacco Company, plaintiff.

Norwood Robinson, Robinson & Lawing, Winston-Salem, NC, Robert B. Bell, Wiley Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC, Ronald S. Rolfe, Victor L. Hou, Cravath Swaine & Moore, Worldwide Plaza, New York City, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, plaintiff.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BULLOCK, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the court on Plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction pursuant to Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to enjoin Defendant from implementing a retail merchandising program which allegedly violates federal antitrust and state unfair trade practice laws. The court conducted an evidentiary hearing on June 9 and 10, 1999. The parties presented witnesses and exhibits and designated...

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