EUROPEAN COMMUNITY v. RJR NABISCO, INC.

Nos. 00-CV-06617, 00-CV-02881 (NGG)(VVP).

150 F.Supp.2d 456 (2001)

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY Plaintiff, v. RJR NABISCO, INC., et al., Defendants. Department of Amazonas, et al. Plaintiffs, v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

July 16, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Krupnick Campbell Malone Roselli, Buser Slama Hancock Mcnelis, Liberman & Mckee, P.A., Kevin A. Malone, Carlos A. Acevedo, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Speiser, Krause, Nolan & Granito, John J. Halloran, Frank H. Granito III, Kenneth P. Nolan, Frank H. Granito, Jr., New York City, Sacks & Smith, L.L.C., John K. Weston, Andrew B. Sacks, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiffs.

Edward Farrell, Principe de Vergara 17, Piso 8, Madrid, Spain, for the European Community.

Arnold & Porter, Craig A. Stewart, New York City, Irvin B. Nathan, Kitty A. Behan, Christopher D. Mann, Evelina J. Norwinski, Washington, DC, for Philip Morris Incorporated, Philip Morris International, Inc., Philip Morris Products, Inc., Philip Morris Latin American Sales Corporation, and Philip Morris Duty Free, Inc.

Cravath, Swain & Moore, Ronald S. Rolfe, Max R. Shulman, Dan Rotterstreich, New York City, for British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited and British American Tobacco (South America) Ltd.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Mary Elizabeth McGarry, New York City, for B.A.T. Industries, Inc.

Kirkland & Ellis, Peter A. Bellacosa, Marjorie Press Lindblom, New York City, David M. Bernick, Jonathan C. Bunge, Chicago, IL, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation and Batus Tobacco Services, Inc.

Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Mark R. Seiden, New York City, William T. Plesec, North Point, Cleveland, OH, Timothy J. Finn, Christopher F. Dugan, Washington, DC, for RJR Nabisco, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco International, Inc., Nabisco Group Holdings Corp., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc., and RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp.

Sullivan & Heard, C. Stephen Heard, Jr., New York City, for Japan Tobacco Inc.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GARAUFIS, District Judge.

Now before this court are Defendants' motions to dismiss the complaints in the above-captioned cases, and to deconsolidate those cases; and a motion by the European Community to amend its complaint. For the reasons set forth below, Defendants' motion to de-consolidate the cases is granted; Defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint filed by the European Community is granted; Japan Tobacco, Inc.'s motion...

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