KEYSTONE TOBACCO CO., INC. v. U.S. TOBACCO CO.

No. CIV.A.00-1415 PLF. No. CIV.A.00-1454 PLF.

238 F.Supp.2d 151 (2002)

KEYSTONE TOBACCO CO., INC., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES TOBACCO CO., et al., Defendants. Mutual Wholesale Services, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. United States Tobacco Co., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

December 6, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael David Hausfeld, Paul T. Gallagher, Brent William Landau, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, Steven A. Kanner, Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg & Ament, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.

Robert Stephen Bennett, Gary Alan MacDonald, Rachel A. Mariner, James A. Keyte, Chris T. Athanasia, Karen M. Hoffman, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Washington, DC, Neal R. Stoll, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, New York, NY, Margaret Moran Zwisler, Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court for consideration of Plaintiffs' Emergency Motion to Preclude Settlement Discussions with Individual Plaintiffs, filed on November 5, 2002. In their motion, plaintiffs assert that the defendants in this action (collectively, "UST") sought to take advantage of the interim period between the oral argument of the class certification motion and the Court's decision on...

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