REPUBLIC OF PANAMA, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
The AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants,
Fortune Brands, Inc., formerly known as American Brands Inc.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Individually and as successor by merger to The American Tobacco Company; Batus, Inc.; Batus Holdings, Inc.; Philip Morris Incorporated; Philip Morris Companies, Inc.; Lorillard Tobacco Co.; Liggett Group Inc.; The Tobacco Institute, Inc.; Quaglino Tobacco and Candy Company, Inc.; J&R Vending Services, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.
Sao Paulo State, of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
The American Tobacco Company, Inc., et al., Defendants,
Fortune Brands, Inc., formerly known as American Brands Inc.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Individually and as successor by merger to The American Tobacco Company; Batus, Inc.; Batus Holdings, Inc.; Philip Morris Incorporated; Philip Morris Companies, Inc.; Lorillard Tobacco Co.; Liggett Group Inc.; The Tobacco Institute, Inc.; Quaglino Tobacco and Candy Company, Inc.; J&R Vending Services, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 14, 2001.
May 14, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Conrad S.P. Williams, III, Michael X. St. Martin, Joseph G. Jevic, Timothy C. Ellender, Jr., St. Martin & Williams Law Firm, Houma, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
Mary Lou Rodon-Alvarez, Schreiber & Rondon-Alvarez, Coral Gables, FL, for Republic of Panama.
Kenneth Nathan Bass, Leigh Ann Hyer, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC., Carmelite M. Bertaut, Peter Joseph Rotolo, III, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, LA, for Fortune Brands, Inc., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Batus, Inc. and Batus Holdings, Inc.
Phillip A. Wittmann, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, New Orleans, LA, for R.J. Reynolds, Tobacco Co.
David Gruenstein, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, Martin A. Stern, Deborah B. Rouen, Jeffrey Edward Richardson, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, LA, for Philips Morris, Inc. and Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
Steven W. Copley, Ernest E. Svenson, Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, New Orleans, LA, Gene E. Voights, Richard Len Gray, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Alexander Christos Papandreou, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Houston, TX, for Lorillard Tobacco Co.
Alan H. Goodman, Thomas Mente Benjamin, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, LA, for The Tobacco Institute, Inc.
Thomas P. Anzelmo, Sr., Catherine Michelle Williams, Campbell, McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo & Hardy, Metairie, LA, for Quaglino Tobacco and Candy Co. and J&R Vending Services.
Before EMILIO M. GARZA, STEWART and PARKER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
PER CURIAM:
In light of our prior decision in Republic of Panama v. The American Tobacco Co.,217 F.3d 343 (5th Cir.2000), the district court's order denying recusal is REVERSED. The district court's orders remanding this action to state court and denying Appellants' renewed request and motion for stay are VACATED. We REMAND this action to the district court for reassignment by the Chief Judge of the district court to a different...
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