CHAMBERLAIN v. AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., INC.

No. 1:96CV2005.

70 F.Supp.2d 788 (1999)

Judith E. CHAMBERLAIN, at al., Plaintiffs, v. The AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, Eastern Division.

April 12, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Climaco, Jack D. Maistros, Climaco, Lefkowitz, Peca, Wilcox & Garofoli, Cleveland, OH, Stanley M. Chesley, Sherrill P. Hondorf, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley, Cincinnati, OH, John A. Sivinski, Michael Vincent Kelley, Kelley & Ferraro, Cleveland, OH, for plaintiffs.

Cecil Marlowe, Richard J. Cusick, Jr., Phillip J. Campanella, Calfee, Halter & Griswold, Cleveland, OH, Craig E. Gustafson, Gary R. Long, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Richard A. Schneider, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, for American Tobacco Company, Inc.

John Winship Read, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Cleveland, OH, Frank C. Woodside, III, Mary Jo Middelhoff, Dinsmore & Shohl, Cincinnati, OH, Thomas D. Lambros, Bricker & Eckler, LLP, Columbus, OH, for American Brands, Inc.

Lloyd Pierre-Louis, Bricker & Eckler, Columbus, OH, Thomas D. Lambros, Bricker & Eckler, LLP, Columbus, OH, for B.A.T. Industries P.L.C.

Mark A. Belasic, Robert C. Weber, Hugh R. Whiting, Dennis L. Murphy, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, RJR Nabisco, Inc.

Cecil Marlowe, Richard J. Cusick, Jr., Phillip J. Campanella, Frank C. Woodside, III, Mary Jo Middelhoff, Gary R. Long, Thomas D. Lambros, Richard A. Schneider, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, W. Bruce Wold, Robert A. Cocchia, Ralph A. Campillo, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, San Francisco, CA, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation.

John Winship Read, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Cleveland, OH, Amanda Martinsek, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Cleveland, OH, for British American Tobacco Co., Ltd.

Cecil Marlowe, Richard J. Cusick, Jr., Phillip J. Campanella, Calfee, Halter & Griswold, Cleveland, OH, Craig E. Gustafson, Gary R. Long, Thomas D. Lambros, Richard A. Schneider, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, for Batus Holdings, Inc.

Diane P. Chapman, Thomas H. Shunk, Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, OH, Lawrence R. Desideri, Thomas J. Frederick, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Joseph P. Archie, Louise E. Moyer, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, for Phillip Morris, Inc., Phillip Morris Companies, Inc.

Thomas P. Meaney, Jr., Kenneth J. Walsh, McDonald, Hopkins, Burke & Haber, Cleveland, OH, Marc E. Kasowitz, Marie V. Santacroce, Michael M. Fay, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, New York City, for Liggett & Myers, Inc., Liggett Group, Inc.

Thomas P. Meaney, Jr., Kenneth J. Walsh, Marie V. Santacroce, Michael M. Fay, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, New York City, for Brooke Group, Ltd.

Craig E. Gustafson, Gary R. Long, Thomas D. Lambros, Richard A. Schneider, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, Samuel R. Martillotta, Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos, Cleveland, OH, Patrick M. McLaughlin, John F. McCaffrey, McLaughlin & McCaffrey, Cleveland, OH, for Lorillard Tobacco Company, Loews Corporation.

Craig E. Gustafson, Gary R. Long, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, Samuel R. Martillotta, Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos, Cleveland, OH, for Lorillard, Inc.

Arthur R. Fama, Jr., Mark S. Cheffo, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, Samuel R. Martillotta, Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos, Cleveland, OH, Patrick M. McLaughlin, John F. McCaffrey, McLaughlin & McCaffrey, Cleveland, OH, for United States Tobacco Company.

Arthur R. Fama, Jr., Mark S. Cheffo, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, Steven D. Bell, Craig A. Marvinney, Ulmer & Berne, Cleveland, OH, Samuel R. Martillotta, Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos, Cleveland, OH, Patrick M. McLaughlin, John F. McCaffrey, McLaughlin & McCaffrey, Cleveland, OH, Steven Klugman, Harry Zirlin, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, for UST, Inc.

Kim M. Hastings, Charna E. Sherman, David J. Michalski, Hahn, Loeser & Parks, Cleveland, OH, for Tobacco Institute, Inc.

Cecil Marlowe, Phillip J. Campanella, Calfee, Halter & Griswold, Cleveland, OH, for Novelart Manufacturing Company, Eby-Brown Company, Riser Foods Inc., Rini Rego Supermarket, Inc.


Memorandum of Opinion and Order

GAUGHAN, District Judge.

Before the Court is plaintiffs' motion to remand. (Doc. 7). For the reasons set forth below, the motion is denied.

Facts

Plaintiffs Judith E. Chamberlain and William O. Crider, Ohio residents, filed this case on August 14, 1996 in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas on behalf of themselves and a purported class of other Ohio residents who are either addicted, or are in...

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