ANDERSON v. WILLDEN

No. 01-15986.

314 F.3d 1004 (2002)

Opal ANDERSON; Jack Davis; Sherry Ewalt; Doris Francisco; Estate of David E. Rickerts; Shirley Rickerts, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Michael WILLDEN; Kenny Guinn; Brian Krolicki, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Resubmitted December 10, 2002.

Filed December 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry W. Cavallera, Reno, NV, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

John Albrecht, Chief Tobacco Counsel, Office of the Attorney General, Reno, NV, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: CANBY and RYMER, Circuit Judges, and BERTELSMAN, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This is an action brought by Nevada residents who allegedly suffered smoking-related illnesses for which they received state-administered medical care under the Medicaid program. They seek certain benefits from Nevada or its officials arising out of the multi-state tobacco settlement reached between major tobacco companies and 46 States.

The plaintiffs' claim is indistinguishable from that brought by similar Hawai'i plaintiffs in Cardenas v...

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