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IN RE TOBACCO/GOVERNMENTAL HEALTH CARE COSTS LIT.

MDL Docket No. 1279. Misc. No. 99-213(PLF). CIV. A. No. 99-2496(GK).

76 F.Supp.2d 5 (1999)

In re TOBACCO/GOVERNMENTAL HEALTH CARE COSTS LITIGATION. United States of America, Plaintiff, v. Philip Morris, Inc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

November 17, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Mattews Fleming, Jr., Houston, TX, Charles S. Siegal, Law Offices of Charles S. Siegal, Dallas, TX, Joel S. Perwin, Miami, FL, Patrick Allen Malone, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Timothy M. Broas, Winston & Strawn, Washington, DC, Herbert M. Wachtell, David Gruenstein, Ben M. Germana, Maria L. Sachs, Stephen R. DiPrima, John F. Lynch, Watchtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, Patrick S. Davies, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Bruce G. Merritt, DeBevoise & Plimpton, Joseph M. McLaughlin, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, Robert John Cynkar, Cooper, Carvin & Rosenthal, Washington, DC, Kenneth N. Bass, David M. Bernick, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, Peter A. Woolson, Robinson, Woolson, O'Connell, LLP, Baltimore, MD, Steven Klugman, DeBevoise & Plimpton, Washington, DC, Thomas McCormack, Chadbourne & Parke, New York City, Robert Francis McDermott, Jr., Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, Christine L. McDaniel, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Gene E. Voights, Jeffrey S. Nelson, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Kansas City, MO, Peter Kryn Dykema, M. Carter Delorme, Jared R. Silverman, Winston & Strawn, Washington, DC, Thomas J. Frederick, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.

J. Patrick Glynn, Department of Justice, Civil Division/Torts Branch, Washington, DC, for U.S.

OPINION

FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the motion of defendants Philip Morris Incorporated and Philip Morris Companies Inc. (collectively "Philip Morris") to consolidate Civil Action No. 99-2496 with the lawsuits previously transferred to the undersigned by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ("MDL Panel"). All of the cases transferred to the undersigned by the MDL Panel were lawsuits brought by foreign governments...

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