ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL; Allegheny Valley Hospital; Armstrong County Memorial Hospital; Canonsburg General Hospital; Carbonschuylkill Community Hospital, Inc., d/b/a Miners Memorial Medical Center; Chambersburg Hospital; Forbes Regional Hospital; Hazleton — St. Joseph Medical Center; Lehigh Valley Hospital; Muhlenberg Hospital Center; Northeastern Pennsylvania Corporation, d/b/a Hazleton General Hospital; Saint Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem; Saint Luke's — Allentown Campus; St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital; Saint Vincent Health Center; Waynesboro Hospital,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS, INC.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; B.A.T. Industries, PLC; The American Tobacco Company, Inc., c/o Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Liggett Group, Inc.; United States Tobacco Company; Tobacco Institute, Inc.; The Council for Tobacco Research — USA, Inc.; Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc.; Hill & Knowlton, Inc.,
Allegheny General Hospital; Allegheny Valley Hospital; Armstrong County Memorial Hospital; Canonsburg General Hospital; Carbon-Schuylkill Community Hospital, Inc., d/b/a Miners Memorial Medical Center; Chambersburg Hospital; Forbes Regional Hospital; Hazleton — St. Joseph Medical Center; Lehigh Valley Hospital; Muhlenberg Hospital Center; Northeastern Pennsylvania Corporation, d/b/a Hazleton General Hospital; Saint Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem; Saint Luke's-Allentown Campus; St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital; Saint Vincent Health Center; Waynesboro Hospital, Appellants in 99-4024,
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital; Carbon-Schuylkill Community Hospital, Inc., d/b/a Miners Memorial Medical Center; Chambersburg Hospital; Hazleton — St. Joseph Medical Center; Lehigh Valley Hospital; Muhlenberg Hospital Center; Northeastern Pennsylvania Corporation, d/b/a Hazleton General Hospital; Saint Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem; Saint Luke's — Allentown Campus; St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital; Saint Vincent Health Center; Waynesboro Hospital, Appellants in 00-3101,
Allegheny General Hospital; Allegheny Valley Hospital; Canonsburg General Hospital; Forbes Regional Hospital, Appellants in 00-3102.
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Submitted July 19, 2000.
Filed October 6, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Terrence J. O'Rourke, Sean O. Sheridan, Melissa L. Staggers, Nash & Company, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, Attorneys for Appellants.
Kenneth J. Parsigian, Christopher D. Moore Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar, LLP, Boston, MA, Kevin C. Harkins, Cohen & Grigsby, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, Attorneys for Appellees Philip Morris, Inc. and Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation.
Scott D. Livingston, Marcus & Shapira, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, Attorney for Appellee R.J. Tobacco Company.
Thomas Finarelli, Lavin, Coleman, O'Neil, Ricci, Finarelli & Gray, Philadelphia, PA, Attorney for Appellee B.A.T. Industries P.L.C..
Howard M. Klein, William J. O'Brien, Conrad, O'Brien, Gellman & Rohn, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Attorneys for Appellees The Tobacco Institute and Lorillard Tobacco Company.
Stephen J. Imbriglia, Hecker, Brown, Sherry & Johnson, Philadelphia, PA, Attorney for Appellee United States Tobacco Company.
Patrick W. Kittredge, Kittredge, Donley, Elson, Fullem & Embick, Philadelphia, PA, Attorney for Appellee The Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Inc.
Wilbur L. Kipnes, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, John K. Gisleson, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, Attorneys for Appellee Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc.
Richard L. Kremnick, Blank, Rome, Comiskey & McCauley, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Attorney for Appellee Hill & Knowlton, Inc.
J. Kurt Straub, Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hipple, Philadelphia, PA, Attorney for Appellee Liggett Group, Inc.
Before: SLOVITER, NYGAARD, and FUENTES, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) July 19, 2000.
OPINION OF THE COURT
FUENTES, Circuit Judge:
Sixteen Pennsylvania hospitals brought this suit against various tobacco companies and their trade associations, seeking to recover unreimbursed costs of health care provided to nonpaying patients suffering from tobacco-related disease. The hospitals alleged that the tobacco companies engaged in a conspiracy lasting more than 40 years to manipulate...
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