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TILLMAN v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO

No. 00-10963.

340 F.3d 1277 (2003)

Brenda D. TILLMAN, as Executrix under the Last Will and Testament of Kalen Oliver, Tillman, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 11, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross Diamond, III, Diamond, Hasser & Frost, Mobile, AL, for Tillman.

William H. Brooks, Samuel H. Franklin, Lightfoot, Franklin, White & Lucas, Birmingham, AL, Thomas D. Schroeder, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, P.L.L.C., Winston-Salem, NC, Joseph P. Babington, John Townsend Dukes, Frederick G. Helmsing, Helmsing, Lyons, Sims & Leach, P.C., Mobile, AL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before RONEY and HILL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

On June 13, 2001, we issued an opinion in this case in which, inter alia, we asked the Alabama Supreme Court to answer a certified question regarding the interpretation of Alabama law concerning the liability of retailers who sell cigarettes. See Tillman v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, 253 F.3d 1302, 1307-08 (11th Cir.2001). Federal jurisdiction of this case turns on the answer to our certified question because...

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