D. Lamar DELOACH, William G. Hyman, Hyman Farms, Inc., Guy W. Hale, James R. Smith, Houston T. Everett, D. Keith Parrish, Plaintiffs,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES, INCORPORATED, Philip Morris USA Inc., Philip Morris International, Inc., R.J.R. Nabisco Holdings Corp., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, B.A.T. Industries, P.L.C., British American Tobacco Company, Inc., Batus Holdings Incorporated, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Lorillard Tobacco Company, Loews Corporation, Universal Leaf Tobacco Co., J.P. Taylor Co., Inc., Southwestern Tobacco Co., Inc., Dimon Inc., Standard Commercial Corp., Defendants.
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June 4, 2004.
June 4, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Alan M. Wiseman, Joseph A. Ostoyich, Robert F. Ruyak, Kenneth C. Anderson, Robert L. Green, Jr., Thomas A. Isaacson, Jason D. Smith, Christina G. Sarchio, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP, Alexander J. Pires, Jr., Conlon Frantz Phelan & Pires, LLP, Washington, DC, James H. Hughes, Hutson Hughes & Powell, Richard M. Hutson, II, Durham, NC, J. L. Chestnut, Chestnut Sanders Sanders & Pettaway, P.C., Selma, AL, for Plaintiffs.
Douglas L. Wald, Daniel R. Waldman, Donna E. Patterson, Robert J. Jones, Mark R. Merley, Anthony J. Franze, Michael D. Yeh, Mark J. Montano, Sarah B. Kotler, Arnold & Porter, Donald L. Flexner, Amy J. Mauser, Boies Schiller & Flexner, Paul A. Kaplan, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, Kenneth N. Bass, Kirkland & Ellis, Peter J. Kadzik, R. Bruce Holcomb, Barry J. Fleishman, James Van R. Springer, Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky, LLP, Washington, DC, Angela L. Little, Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, LLP, Gregory Gerald Holland, Dixie Thomas Wells, Smith Moore, L.L.P., James T. Williams, Jr., Jennifer Van Zant, Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard, Greensboro, NC, David Boies, Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Armonk, NY, James Donald Cowan, Jr., Lisa Frye Garrison, Smith Moore, L.L.P., Robert Harrison Sasser, III, Gwenda Lee Laws, Kurt Douglas Weaver, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Raleigh, NC, James H. Hughes, Hutson Hughes & Powell, Jeffrey B. Welty, Durham, NC, W. Andrew Copenhaver, Hada V. Haulsee, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, William Kearns Davis, James R. Fox, Stephen McDaniel Russell, Troy Douglas Cahill, Bell Davis & Pitt, P.A., Winston-Salem, NC, Stephen R. Patton, Jeffrey L. Williams, Jeffrey L. Willian, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Irving Scher, August T. Horvath, Weil Gotshal & Manges, LLP, New York, NY, Harold H. Chen, Orange, CT, Samuel T. Currin, Currin Law Firm, PLLC, Wade Marvin Smith, Tharrington Smith, Douglas W. Kenyon, Hunton & Williams, David William Long, Poyner & Spruill, L.L.P., Joseph E. Zeszotarski, Jr., Raleigh, NC, R. Noel Clinard, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, for Defendants.
United States District Court, M.D. North Carolina.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
OSTEEN, District Judge.
On April 22, 2004, this court granted preliminary approval to a settlement between Plaintiff Class and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. ("Reynolds"). Prior to the approval of this settlement (the "Reynolds Settlement"), all of the other Defendants in this case reached a joint settlement with Plaintiffs. Now pending before the court is the motion of Defendant Philip Morris USA Inc. ("Philip Morris") seeking...
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