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STATE v. BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP.

18 S.W.3d 186 (2000)

STATE of Tennessee, et al. v. BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION, et al. v. Gregory Bennett Perry and Steve Lloyd Champion, et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

April 19, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.D. Lee, David C. Lee, Knoxville, for intervenors-appellants, Steven Lloyd Champion, et al.

Gordon Ball, Knoxville, for intervenors-appellants, Gregory Bennett Perry, et al.

John A. Lucas, Knoxville, Robert G. McDowell, James A. Delanis, Nashville, for appellees, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, et al.

John A. McReynolds, Jr., Knoxville, for appellee Liggett Group Inc,

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Russell T. Perkins, Special Deputy for Litigation, Carolyn Underwood Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, for appellee, State of Tennessee.

OPINION

DROWOTA, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which ANDERSON, C.J., BIRCH, HOLDER, and BARKER, JJ., joined.

In this case the State of Tennessee filed suit against several tobacco product manufacturers seeking monetary, declaratory, injunctive, and other relief in connection with the marketing and sale of tobacco products in Tennessee. Upon approval by the trial court of a settlement between the State and the tobacco defendants, the State's...

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