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BERGERON v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC.

No. 99 CV 6142.

100 F.Supp.2d 164 (2000)

David B. BERGERON; Mark L. Erlich; Anthony J. Graziano; Thomas Harrington; Simon James; Kirk Fordyce; Lawrence Morrisroe; David Wallace; David Woodman; William J. Sullivan; Stephan A. Adamic; George Bidgood; Theodore H. Brodie; Donald Colavecchio; Thomas J. Gunning; Michael Shaughnessy; and Christopher Topps on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated Trustees of health care funds, Plaintiffs, v. PHILIP MORRIS, INCORPORATED; Philip Morris Companies, Inc.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; RJR Nabisco, Inc.; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; British American Tobacco Co., Ltd.; BATUS Holdings Inc.; B.A.T. Industries P.L.C.; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Lorillard Corporation; Loews Corporation; The American Tobacco Company; American Brands, Inc.; Liggett Group Inc.; Liggett & Myers, Inc.; The Brooke Group, Limited; Hill & Knowlton, Inc.; The Council for Tobacco Research-U.S.A., Inc.; and The Tobacco Institute, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

June 8, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvyn I. Weiss, Michael C. Spencer, Beth A. Kaswan, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, New York City, Robert J. Connerton, John McN. Broaddus, Connerton & Ray, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs.

Barbara Robbins, Steven M. Barna, Peter C. Hein, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, Steven C. Bennett, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, New York City, Paul F. Stecker, Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber, L.L.P., Buffalo, NY, for defendants Philip Morris, Inc. & Philip Morris Companies.

Steven C. Bennett, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, New York City, for defendant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Marjorie Press Lindblom, Kirland & Ellis, New York City, for defendants R.J.R. Nabisco, Inc., BATUS Holdings Inc., American Tobacco Co. and American Brands, Inc.

Garyowen P. Morrisroe, David A. Wallace, Chadbourne & Parke, L.L.P., New York City, for defendant British American Tobacco, Co.

Joseph M. McLaughlin, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for defendant B.A.T. Industries, PLC.

Gary Long, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Kansas City, MO, Alan Mansfield, Greenberg Traurig, New York City, for defendants Lorillard Tobacco Co., Lorillard Corp. and Loews Corp.

Aaron H. Marks, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, LLP., New York City, for defendants Liggett Group, Inc., Liggett & Myers, Inc, and Brook Group, Limited.

Bruce M. Ginsberg, Davis & Gilbert, New York City, for defendant Hill & Knowlton, Inc.

Harry Zirlin, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, for defendant Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Inc.

Anthony R. Mansfield, Charles M. Miller, Seward & Kissel, New York City, for defendant Tobacco Institute, Inc.

MEMORANDUM and ORDER

WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.

                          TABLE OF CONTENTS

  I INTRODUCTION .......................................... 166

 II FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS ................................... 166

III STANDARD FOR DISMISSAL ................................ 168

 IV CHOICE OF LAW ......................................... 169
    A. Principles ...............

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                
                            

                            

                                

                                    
    
                                        
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