U.S. v. PHILIP MORRIS INC.

No. CIV. A. 99-2496(GK).

130 F.Supp.2d 96 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

January 31, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Patrick Glynn, Sharon Y. Eubanks, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Torts Branch, Washington, DC, for U.S.

Jonathan Louis Stern, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Cynthia S. Cecil, pro hac vice, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, Timothy M. Broas, Robert M. Rader, Winston & Strawn, Washington, DC, Dan K. Webb, pro hac vice, Ricardo E. Ugarte, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Herbert M. Wachtell, pro hac vice, Ben M. Germana, pro hac vice, Steven M. Barna, pro hac vice, Jeffrey M. Wintner, pro hac vice, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY, C. Ian Anderson, pro hac vice, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY, for Philip Morris Inc., Philip Morris Companies, Inc., American Brand Tobacco.

Robert Francis McDermott, Jr., Jonathan M. Redgrave, pro hac vice, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, Robert M. Rader, Winston & Strawn, Washington, DC, Robert C. Weber, pro hac vice, Paul Crist, pro hac vice, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

William Charles Hendricks, III, Andrew McCormack, pro hac vice, King & Spalding, Washington, DC, David M. Bernick, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Robert M. Rader, Kenneth N. Bass, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, Stephen R. Patton, pro hac vice, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

Robert M. Rader, Winston & Strawn, Washington, DC, Michael B. Minton, pro hac vice, Thompson Coburn, LLP, Washington, DC, J. William Newbold, pro hac vice, Coburn & Croft, St. Louis, MO, Richard Paul Cassetta, pro hac vice, Thompson & Coburn, LLP, St. Louis, MO, for Lorillard Tobacco Co.

Robert M. Rader, Winston & Strawn, Washington, DC, Michael P.A. Cohen, Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, Washington, DC, Kenneth Anthony Gallo, Fred W. Reinke, Clifford, Chance, Rogers & Wells, LLP, Washington, DC, Aaron H. Marks, Marc E. Kasowitz, pro hac vice, Daniel R. Benson, pro hac vice, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres Friedman, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Liggett Group, Inc.

Michael Asher Schlanger, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Washington, DC, Robert M. Rader, Winston & Strawn, Washington, DC, Mary Elizabeth McGarry, pro hac vice, Michael V. Corrigan, Demetra Frawley, pro hac vice, Simpson Thatcher & Barlett, New York, NY, for British American Tobacco, P.L.C.

William Salvatore D'Amico, Chadbourne & Parke, Washington, DC, Robert M. Rader, Winston & Strawn, Washington, DC, Timothy M. Hughes, pro hac vice, Garyowen P. Morrisroe, pro hac vice, Chadbourne & Parke, New York, NY, British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd.

Robert M. Rader, Winston & Strawn, Washington, DC, Bruce G. Merritt, Steven S. Michaels, pro hac vice, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY, Judah Best, Debevoise & Plimpton, Washington, DC, for Council for Tobacco Research-USA Inc.

Robert M. Rader, Winston & Strawn, Washington, DC, John Vanderstar, Keith Allen Teel, James Alexander Goold, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for Tobacco Institute, Inc.

Frank Janecek, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, San Diego, CA, Lloyd Benton Miller, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Munson, Anchorage, AK, for Cherokee Nation, Native Village of Tanana, movant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION — ORDER # 44

KESSLER, District Judge.

I. Introduction

The United States of America ("the Government"), brought suit against eleven tobacco-related entities ("Defendants")1 to recover health care expenditures the Government has paid for or will pay for to treat tobacco-related illnesses allegedly caused by Defendants' tortious conduct, and to disgorge the proceeds of that unlawful conduct. The...

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