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FLOYD v. THOMPSON

No. 99-3706.

227 F.3d 1029 (2000)

Vera L. FLOYD, Floyd Griffin, Jr., Curlee Williams, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Tommy THOMPSON, individually and in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Wisconsin, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 19, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Cabaniss (argued), Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Charles D. Hoornstra (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Jan M. Zavislan, Office of the Attorney General, Denver, CO, for Amicus Curiae States of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, and Colorado.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and KANNE and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

In November 1998, the major tobacco companies and all but four states entered into a settlement agreement, known as the Master Settlement Agreement or the MSA, valued at a whopping $200 billion or so. This case involves the way that Wisconsin's not inconsiderable share of that settlement—some $5.9 billion, to be paid out over the next quarter century—is to be allocated. The plaintiffs, a group of

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