Thomas J. COYNE, Jr. and Timothy F. Hagan, on behalf of the State of Ohio and all Ohio Taxpayers, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
The AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, also known as The American Tobacco Company, Inc.; American Brands, Inc.; B.A.T. Industries P.L.C.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; RJR Nabisco, Inc.; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, formerly known as The American Tobacco Company, individually and as Successor by Merger to; British-American Tobacco Co., Ltd.; Batus Inc.; Batus Holding, Inc.; Philip Morris, Inc.; Philip Morris Companies, Inc.; Liggett & Myers, Inc.; Liggett Group, Inc.; Brooke Group, Ltd; Lorillard Tobacco Company, also known as Lorillard Tobacco Company, Inc.; Lorillard, Inc.; United States Tobacco Company; UST, Inc.; Council for Tobacco Research — U.S.A., Inc.; Tobacco Institute, Inc.; Novelart Manufacturing Company; Eby-Brown Company; The Kroger Company; Riser Foods, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued March 17, 1999.
Decided and Filed: July 12, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jack D. Maistros (argued and briefed), Thomas M. Wilson (briefed), John R. Climaco (briefed), Climaco, Climaco, Lefkowitz & Garofoli, Cleveland, Ohio, Stanley M. Chesley, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Thomas J. Coyne, Jr., Timothy F. Hagan.
John Winship Read, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Cleveland, Ohio, for Defendant-Appellee American Brands, Inc.
Theodore M. Grossman (argued and briefed), Dennis L. Murphy (briefed), Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, Ohio, for Defendants-Appellees R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, RJR Nabisco, Inc.
Phillip J. Campanella (briefed), Calfee, Halter & Griswold, Cleveland, Ohio, for Defendants-Appellees Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Batus, Inc., Batus Holding, Inc.
Diane P. Chapman, Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, Ohio, for Defendant-Appellee Philip Morris, Inc.
Mary M. Bittence, Diane P. Chapman (briefed), Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, Ohio, Daniel K. Webb (briefed), Thomas J. Frederick (briefed), Kevin J. Narko (briefed), Winston & Strawn, Chicago, Illinois, for Defendant-Appellee Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
Tyler L. Mathews (briefed), Kenneth J. Walsh (briefed), McDonald, Hopkins, Burke & Haber, Cleveland, Ohio, for Defendants-Appellees Liggett & Myers, Inc., Liggett Group, Inc., Brooke Group, Ltd.
Susan Dumay Wolfe (briefed), Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, Missouri, Patrick M. McLaughlin (briefed), McLaughlin & McCaffrey, Cleveland, Ohio, for Defendants-Appellees Lorillard Tobacco Company, Lorillard, Inc.
Steven D. Bell (briefed), Ulmer & Berne, Cleveland, Ohio, for Defendant-Appellee U.S. Tobacco Company.
Thomas J. Collin (briefed), Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, Ohio, for Defendants-Appellees UST, Inc, Council for Tobacco Research — U.S.A., Inc.
Charna E. Sherman (briefed), David J. Michalski (briefed), Hahn, Loeser & Parks, Cleveland, Ohio, for Defendant-Appellee Tobacco Institute, Inc.
Eric S. Brown (briefed), Catherine E. Huston (briefed), Michael J. Renner (argued), Simon B. Karas, Assistant Attorney General (briefed), Office of the Attorney General of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, for Amicus Curiae Betty D. Montgomery.
Before: BOGGS, CLAY, and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
OPINION
CLAY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-Appellants, Thomas J. Coyne, Jr. and Timothy F. Hagan, on behalf of the State of Ohio and all Ohio taxpayers, appeal from the order entered by the district court dismissing this taxpayer action for lack of standing. Plaintiffs seek recovery of money expended by the State of Ohio to treat Ohio citizens who suffer from nicotine addiction and other tobacco-related illnesses and diseases. Plaintiffs assign error to the...
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