Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Beckley Singleton Jemison Cobeaga & List and Daniel F. Polsenberg and Beau Sterling, Las Vegas, for Appellants.
Edwards & Winterton, Chtd., and Nicholas A. Boylan, Las Vegas; Gerard & Associates, Las Vegas; Humphrey, Farrington & McClain, P.C., and John F. Edgar and Gregory Leyh, Independence, Missouri, for Appellants Selcer, Virga, Brown, Doud, Wittig, DiEnno and Halnan.
LoBello & LoBello, Las Vegas; Blumenthal, Ostroff & Markham, La Jolla, California; Chavez & Gertler LLP, Mill Valley, California, for Appellants Christensen, Joseph and Bosley.
Ross Law Chartered, Carson City; Peter L. Flangas, Las Vegas; Murray Law Firm and Perry M. Nicosia, New Orleans, Louisiana; The Godfrey Firm and Patrick M. Files, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Appellants Badillo, Franklin, Lipsman, Otting, Tassiello, Basilio, Murphy, Dilullo and Honeywell.
Backus & Associates, Ltd., Las Vegas; Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett, New York City, for Respondent B.A.T. Industries, P.L.C.
Burton Bartlett & Glogovac, Reno, for Respondents Lorillard Tobacco Company and Lorillard, Inc.
Dickerson, Dickerson, Consul & Pocker and Douglass A. Mitchell, Las Vegas; Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City; Bryan Cave, Overland Park, Kansas, and Phoenix, Arizona, for Respondent The Council for Tobacco Research-U.S.A., Inc.
Guild Russell Gallagher & Fuller, Reno; Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, LLP, New York City, for Respondents Brooke Group Ltd., Liggett Group, Inc., Liggett & Myers, Inc., and BGLS, Inc.
Hunterton & Associates, Las Vegas; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York City, for Respondents United States Tobacco Company and UST, Inc.
Hutchison & Steffen, Las Vegas; Chadbourne & Parke LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Respondent British American Tobacco Company, Ltd.
Jones Vargas and Gary R. Goodheart, Las Vegas; Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for Respondents The Tobacco Institute, Inc., and Tobacco Merchants Association of the United States.
Kummer Kaempfer Bonner & Renshaw, Las Vegas, for Respondents Loews Corporation, Lorillard Tobacco Company and Lorillard, Inc.
Lionel Sawyer & Collins and Dennis L. Kennedy and David N. Frederick, Las Vegas; Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York City, for Respondents R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, RJR Nabisco, Inc., RJR Nabisco Holdings Corporation, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, American Tobacco Company, American Brands, Inc., BATUS Holdings, Inc., and BATUS Tobacco Services, Inc.
Schreck Morris, Las Vegas; Shook Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Kansas City, Missouri; Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP and Anna S. McLean, San Francisco, California, for Respondents Philip Morris, Inc., and Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
Martinez & Gutierrez, Miami, Florida, for Respondent Dosal Tobacco Corporation.
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, San Francisco, California, for Respondents Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, BATUS Holdings, Inc., BATUS Tobacco Services, Inc., and American Tobacco Company.
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Los Angeles, California; Cleveland, Ohio; and Dallas, Texas, for Respondent R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Chester H. Adams, City Attorney, Sparks, for Amicus Curiae City of Sparks.
Lefebvre, Barron & Vivone, Chtd., and Andrew Craner, Las Vegas, for Amici Curiae American Gaming Association, Nevada Association of Employers, Nevada Resort Association, Nevada Self-Insurers Association, Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce, and Retail Association of America.
McDonald Carano Wilson McCune Bergin Frankovich & Hicks LLP, Reno, for Amicus Curiae Associated General Contractors.
McMullen Strategic Group, Reno, for Amicus Curiae Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce.
Perry & Spann, Reno; Crowell & Moring LLP and Victor E. Schwartz, Mark A. Behrens and Emma K. Burton, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., and American Tort Reform Association.
William E. Peterson, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, for Amicus Curiae Sierra Pacific Resources.
Piscevich & Fenner, Reno, for Amici Curiae Builder's Association of Northern Nevada, DR Partners, Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada, Nevada Development Authority, Nevada Farm Bureau, Nevada Franchised Auto Dealers Association, Nevada Manufacturer's Association, Nevada Mining Association, Nevada Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association, Terrible Herbst, Inc., and U-Haul Company of Nevada.
BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.
