THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO OF THE FEDERATED REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED; et al, Defendants,
Philip Morris Incorporated; Philip Morris Companies, Inc.; Philip Morris Products, Inc.; Philip Morris International, Inc.; R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; R. J. Reynolds International; Nabisco Group Holdings Corp., formerly known as RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp.; R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc., formerly known as RJR Nabisco, Inc.; Lorillard, Inc.; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Loews Corporation; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Batus Holdings, Inc.; The American Tobacco Company; B A T Industries, PLC, Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 22, 2001.
January 22, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Charles S. Siegel (argued), Law Office of Charles S. Siegel, Dallas, TX, George Edmond Chandler, Chandler Law Offices, Lufkin, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Herbert Maurice Wachtell, David Gruenstein (argued), Ben M. Germana, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, David Leon Allen, James Stephen Roper, Zeleskey, Cornelius, Hallmark, Roper & Hicks, Lufkin, TX, Deborah B. Rouen, Jeffrey Edward Richardson, Charles F. Gay, Jr., Adams & Reese, New Orleans, LA, for Philip Morris Inc., Philip Morris Companies, Inc., Philip Morris Products Inc. and Philip Morris Intern. Inc.
Catherine Louise Bjorck, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, TX, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., R.J. Reynolds Intern. and The American Tobacco Co.
Robert F. McDermott, Jr., Paul Sommer Ryerson, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and R.J. Reynolds Intern.
Daniel F. Kolb, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York City, for Nabisco Group Holdings Corp. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc.
Steven Richard Selsberg, Stephen Edward Scheve, Alexander Christos Papandreou, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Houston, TX, Christine McDaniel Novak, Gene E. Voights, Richard Len Gray, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, for Lorillard Inc., Lorillard Tobacco Co. and Loews Corp.
Phillip B. Dye, Jr., Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, Jennifer Gardner, Leigh Ann Hyer, Daryl Langdon Joseffer, Kenneth Nathan Bass, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, David M. Bernick, Gabriela Isuani Monahan, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Batus Holdings, Inc. and the American Tobacco Co.
Tanner Truett Hunt, Jr., Wells, Peyton, Greenberg & Hunt, Beaumont, TX, for B A T Industries PLC.
Before GARWOOD, HIGGINBOTHAM, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
To create jurisdiction, this appeal of a remand order has been dressed as a challenge to the remanding court's denial of a motion to stay proceedings pending MDL transfer. We DISMISS the appeal for lack of jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1448(d).
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