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MILBERG, WEISS v. STATE

No. 99-1458.

28 S.W.3d 842 (2000)

342 Ark. 303

MILBERG, WEISS, BERSHAD, HYNES, AND LERACH, LLP; Niblock Law Firm; and Law Offices of Steven E. Cauley, P.A. v. STATE of Arkansas; Phillip Morris, Inc.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Individually and as Successor by Merger to American Tobacco Company; and Lorillard Tobacco Company.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 12, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, LLP, by: Patrick J. Coughlin and Frank J. Janacek, Jr., San Diego, CA; The Niblock Law Firm, by: George H. Niblock, Fayetteville; and Law Offices of Steven E. Cauley, P.A., by: Steven E. Cauley, Little Rock, for appellants.

Mark Pryor, Att'y Gen., by: Sammye L. Taylor, Deputy Att'y Gen., and Brian G. Brooks, Ass't Att'y Gen., Little Rock, for appellee State of Arkansas.

Hunton & Williams, by: Douglas W. Davis, Richmond, VA; and Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, by: R.T. Beard, III, Little Rock, for certain appellees.

DONALD L. CORBIN, Justice.

The issues in this case are (1) whether an attorney may intervene in a client's settlement, after the entry of final decree, for the purpose of affecting the terms of that settlement, and (2) whether an attorney has standing to set aside a consent decree approving a client's settlement. Appellants in this case are three law firms: Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes, and Lerach, LLP, from San Diego (Milberg-Weiss); the Niblock Law Firm, from...

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