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STATE EX REL. EASLEY v. PHILIP MORRIS INC.

No. COA00-445.

548 S.E.2d 781 (2001)

STATE of North Carolina, ex rel. Michael F. EASLEY, Attorney General of the State of North Carolina, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, individually and as successor by merger to The American Tobacco Company; Lorillard Tobacco Company, Liggett Group, Inc., United States Tobacco Company, Defendant-Appellees, and E. Michael Latta, C. Roland Young, Teresa W. Young, Dennis R. Young, James R. Burgio, John M. Byrns, Jr., George Jones and Steve Thompson, Citizens and Taxpayers, for Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 19, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Michael F. Easley, by Special Deputy Attorney General James C. Gulick, for plaintiff-appellee.

Hunton & Williams, by A. Todd Brown, Charlotte, for defendant-appellees Philip Morris Incorporated, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (individually and as successor by merger to The American Tobacco Company), Lorillard Tobacco Company, and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Wilson & Iseman, L.L.P., by G. Gray Wilson and Urs R. Gsteiger, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellee Liggett Group Inc.

Adams Kleemeier Hagan Hannah & Fouts, by Daniel W. Fouts and Peter G. Pappas, Greensboro, for defendant-appellee United States Tobacco Company.

Boyce & Isley, PLLC, by G. Eugene Boyce and Philip R. Isley, Raleigh, for intervenor plaintiff-appellants.

McGEE, Judge.

Intervenor plaintiffs (intervenors) appeal the trial court's order denying intervenors' motion to intervene in the above-captioned case. For the reasons stated below, we affirm the trial court's order.

Plaintiff filed its complaint against defendants on 21 December 1998, seeking compensatory and injunctive relief for violations of Chapter 75 of the North Carolina General Statutes. Approximately an hour later, the trial court filed a Consent Decree...

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