James MASON, Billie June Richie, and Glenn Bailey, individually and on behalf of a class of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
The AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Philip Morris USA Incorporated, Lorillard Inc., United States Tobacco Company, Liggett Group Inc., Liggett & Myers, Inc., and Brooke Group Ltd., Defendants-Appellees.
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Argued: March 31, 2003.
Decided: October 2, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert J. Cynkar, Cooper & Kirk, PLLC (Charles J. Cooper and Victor J. Wolski, Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, on the brief), Washington, D.C., Mark B. Hutton, Derek S. Casey, Chan P. Townsley, Hutton & Hutton, Witchita, KS, Ronald D. Wells, Dallas, TX, Gary Richardson, Richardson, Stoops, Richardson & Ward, Tulsa, OK, Jonathan W. Cuneo, Charles J. LaDuca, The Cuneo Law Group, P.C., Washington, D.C., Attorneys for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Alan Mansfield, Greenberg Traurig (Stephen L. Saxl, Greenberg Traurig, on the brief) New York, N.Y. for Lorillard Tobacco Co.
Harold K. Gordon, Bryon Stier, George Kostlolampros, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, New York, N.Y. and Robert H. Klonoff, Michael S. Fried, Washington, D.C., for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Murray R. Garnick, David S. Eggert, Sheila B. Scheuerman, J. Benjamin King, Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., for Philip Morris Incorporated.
Kenneth N. Bass, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, D.C., for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (individually and as successor by merger to The American Tobacco Company).
Attorney for Amicus Curiae Senator Charles E. Grassley: Colin T. Roskey Washington, D.C., Attorneys for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: NEWMAN, POOLER, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
POOLER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs in this action seek to represent a class of "[i]ndividuals who have received or are receiving health care services for the treatment of tobacco-related illnesses ... which services have been paid for, or are being paid for, by Medicare." Mason v. American Tobacco Co.,212 F.Supp.2d 88, 90 (E.D.N.Y.2002) The defendants are major producers...
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