A.D. BEDELL WHOLESALE COMPANY, INC.; Triangle Candy & Tobacco Co., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Appellants,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Inc.; Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued December 14, 2000.
Filed June 19, 2001.
Amended: July 11, 2001
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
David F. Dobbins, ESQUIRE (Argued), Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036. William M. Wycoff, ESQUIRE, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, One Oxford Centre 301 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219. ALAN R, WENTZEL, ESQUIRE, Windels, Marx, Lane & Mittendorf, 156 West 56th 3Horp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, PA, Alan R. Wentzel, Windels, Marx, Lane & Mittendorf, New York, NY, Dennis J. O'Brien, Pittsburgh, PA, Attorneys for Appellants.
Douglas L. Wald, (Argued), Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Bernard D. Marcus, Marcus & Shapira, Pittsburgh, PA, Attorneys for Appellee, Philip Morris Incorporated.
Gregory G. Katsas, (Argued), Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, John E. Iole, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Pittsburgh, PA, Attorneys for Appellee, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Inc.
Timothy P. Ryan, Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, Pittsburgh, PA, Attorney for Appellee, Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp.
Erik S. Jaffe, (Argued), Washington, DC, Thomas C. O'Brien, Corning, NY, Attorneys for Amici Curiae-Appellants, The Cato Institute, The Competitive Enterprise Institute, and The National Smokers Alliance.
Joel M. Ressler, ESQUIRE, Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Strawberry Square, 15th Floor, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17120, Attorney for Amici Curiae-Appellees, Attorneys General of Pennsylvania, California, Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
Before SCIRICA, FUENTES and GARTH, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the dismissal under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) of claims brought under the Sherman Antitrust Act attacking the multi-billion dollar national tobacco settlement. Endeavoring to recoup billions of dollars in public health care costs and to reduce cigarette smoking, several states brought suit against the leading United States tobacco manufacturers...
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