BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD v. PHILIP MORRIS USA

Docket Nos. 02-7276(L), 02-7394(CON), 02-7424(CON).

344 F.3d 211 (2003)

BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF NEW JERSEY, INC., now known as Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc, (d/b/a Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, and Horizon BCBSNJ), and its subsidiary, Horizon Health Care of New Jersey, Inc. (d/b/a Medigroup of New Jersey, HMO Blue and Horizon HMO); BCBSD, Inc., (d/b/a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware); Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc., and its affiliates, Health Options, Inc. and Capital Group Health Services of Florida, Inc., (d/b/a Capital Health Plan); Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia, Inc., and it affiliates HMO Georgia, Inc.; Bluecross and Blueshields of Massachusetts, Inc.; Bluecross Blue Shield of Michigan, and its subsidiary, Blue Care Network of Michigan Incorporated; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi, A Mutual Insurance Company, and its affiliate HMO of Mississippi, Inc.; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, and its subsidiaries Personal Health Plan of North Carolina, Inc. and Health Maintenance Organization of North Carolina; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont; California Physicians' Services, (d/b/a Blue Shield of California) and its affiliate, CareAmerica Life Insurance Company; Carefirst of Maryland, Inc., and its subsidiary Free State Health Plan Inc.; Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield; Group Hospitalization & Medical Services, Inc., d/b/a CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and subsidiary; Louisiana Health Service & Indemnity Company, Inc., (d/b/a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana); Mountain State Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Inc., and its subsidiary, Parker Benefits, Inc., (d/b/a Super Blue HMO); New Hampshire-Vermont Health Service, (d/b/a Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Hampshire) and its subsidiaries, Matthew Thornton Health Plan, Inc., Matthew Thornton Insurance, Inc. and Health Initiatives, Inc.; HealthNow New York, Inc., (d/b/a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Western New York, Blue Shield of Northern New York); Trigon Insurance Company, (d/b/a Trigon Blue Cross Blue Shield) and its affiliates, Physicians Health Plan, Inc., Healthkeepers, Inc., Priority Health Care, Inc., Peninsula Health Care, Inc., and Trigon Administrators, Inc.; Excellus, Inc., and its subsidiaries, The Finger Lakes Companies, Inc., (and its subsidiaries, Finger Lakes Health Insurance Company, Inc. and Finger Lakes Medical Insurance Company, Inc.), Excellus of Central New York, Inc. (and its subsidiary Excellus Health Plan, Inc.) and Upstate Holding Company, Inc. (and its subsidiary, Utica-Watertown Health Insurance Co., Inc.), Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA INCORPORATED; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Liggett Group, Inc. and Liggett & Myers, Inc., Defendants-Appellants, B.A.T. Industries P.L.C.; British American Tobacco Co.; UNITED STATES Tobacco; Tobacco Institute, Inc.; Counsel for Tobacco Research-USA, Inc. The Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc.; Hill and Knowlton, Inc.; John Doe, Unknown Corporations A-Z, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 16, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray R. Garnick, Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C. (Ursula Henniger, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; John B. Williams, Collier, Shannon & Scott LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kimberly S. Penner, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, New York, New York; William Allinder, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Kansas City, Missouri; Alan Mansfield and Stephen Saxl, Greenberg Traurig, New York, New York, on brief), for Appellants Philip Morris, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Lorillard Tobacco Company, Liggett Group, Inc.,

Leonard A. Feiwus, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP, New York, New York, on submission for Appellants Liggett Group, Inc, and Liggett Myers, Inc.

Paul J. Bschorr (Joseph Angland and Kathleen M. Kacsor, on brief), Dewey Ballantine LLP, New York, New York, for Appellee.

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, CABRANES, and F.I. PARKER, Circuit Judges.


F.I.PARKER, Circuit Judge.**

Phillip Morris, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Lorillard Tobacco Company, Liggett Group, Inc. and Liggett & Myers, Inc. ("Appellants") appeal from a decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Jack B. Weinstein, Judge) denying them judgment as a matter of law following a jury verdict in favor of Empire Healthcare...

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