PERRY v. AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., INC.

No. 01-5715.

324 F.3d 845 (2003)

Gregory Bennett PERRY and Steve Lloyd Champion, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated in the State of Tennessee, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, INC.; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Lorillard Tobacco Company, Inc.; Philip Morris USA Inc.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; BAT Industries PLC; Hill & Knowlton, Inc.; The Council For Tobacco Research-U.S.A., Inc.; Tobacco Institute, Inc.; U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company, formerly known as United States Tobacco Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 8, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon Ball (argued and briefed), Knoxville, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Barry Goheen (briefed), King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, Marcia M. Eason (briefed), Miller & Martin, Chattanooga, TN, John W. Wheeler (briefed), Hodges, Doughty & Carson, Knoxville, TN, Jerome R. Doak (briefed), Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, TX, Patricia H. Moskal, Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry, Nashville, TN, Mary E. McGarry, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York, NY, William E. Godbold III (briefed), Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan, Chattanooga, TN, William S. Lockett, Jr. (briefed), Rebecca B. Murray (briefed), Kennerly, Montgomery & Finley, Knoxville, TN, Thomas H. Peebles III (briefed), Kara E. Shea, Mark T. Seitz, Miller & Martin, Nashville, TN, Robert G. McDowell (briefed), Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Nashville, TN, John A. Lucas (briefed), Hunton & Williams, Knoxville, TN, Murray R. Garnick (argued and briefed), Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, David S. Eggert (briefed), Heather A. Pigman (briefed), Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before SILER, DAUGHTREY, and COLE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

COLE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, Gregory Perry and Steve Champion, are citizens of Coffee County, Tennessee, who are individual subscribers of Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance ("BCBS"). They seek to represent the putative class of subscribers of BCBS in the State of Tennessee, who they allege have paid increased insurance premiums due to the presence of smokers in the insurance pool, in this suit against various tobacco companies and organizations...

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