TUTTLE v. LORILLARD TOBACCO CO.

No. Civ. 99-1550 PAMJGL.

118 F.Supp.2d 954 (2000)

Gloria TUTTLE, as Trustee for the next-of-kin of Bill Tuttle, a.k.a. William R. Tuttle, deceased, Plaintiff, v. LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY; National Tobacco Company, L.P.; Worldwide Sports and Entertainment, f.k.a. National Tobacco Management Company; National Tobacco Finance Corporation; The Pinkerton Tobacco Company; and the Smokeless Tobacco Council; Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Sixth Division.

September 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha Koch Wivell, Vincent Joseph Moccio, Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi, Minneapolis MN, for plaintiff.

David George Martin, Michael Robert Docherty, Mark Allen Mitchell, Rider Bennett Egan & Arundel, Minneapolis, MN, Jeffrey S Nelson, Nancy Jean Stewig, J. Patrick Sullivan, L. Christopher Wittman, Shook Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, for Lorillard Tobacco Co., Inc., defendant.

Steven J Kirsch, Murnane Conlin White & Brandt, St Paul, MN, for National Tobacco LP, National Tobacco Finance Corp., defendants.

Steven J Kirsch, Murnane Conlin White & Brandt, St. Paul, MN, David George Martin, Rider Bennett Egan & Arundel, Minneapolis, MN, Nancy Jean Stewig, Shook Hardy & Bacon, Kansas city, MO, for Lehman Brothers/GP, Inc., defendant.

Vincent Joseph Moccio, Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi, Minneapolis, MN, Steven J Kirsch, Murnane Conlin White & Brandt, St. Paul, MN, David George Martin, Rider Bennett Egan & Arundel, Minneapolis, MN, Nancy Jean Stewig, Shook Hardy & Bacon, Kansas city, MO, for Worldwide Sports and Entertainment, defendant.

Lawrence R King, Daniel John Trudeau, Shawn M Raiter, Daniel Loren Scott, Larson King, St Paul, MN, for Pinkerton Tobacco Co., defendant.

Geoffrey P Jarpe, Maun & Simon, Minneapolis, MN, for Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc., defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MAGNUSON, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on Defendants Worldwide Sports and Entertainment's and National Tobacco Finance Corporation's Motions to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction; Certain Defendants' Motion to Dismiss pursuant to Rules 12(b)(6) and 9(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; and the Smokeless Tobacco Council's Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to Rules 12(b)(6) and 9(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil...

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