U.S. v. PHILIP MORRIS USA

No. CIV.A.99-2496(GK).

316 F.Supp.2d 1 (2004)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA., f/k/a Philip Morris, Inc. et al. Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

April 7, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Dudley Brody, U.S. Department of Justice, Tobacco Litigation Team, Washington, DC, Renee Brooker, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, Washington, Sharon Yvette Eubanks, U.S. Department of Justice, J. Patrick Glynn, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for United States of America, Plaintiff.

David Charles Shonka, Federal Trade Commission, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, for Federal Trade Commission, Movant.

David B. Alden, Randal S. Baringer, Paul Crist, Robert C. Weber, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, William M. Bailey, John Buchanan Williams, Collier Shannon Scott, PLLC, Washington, DC, Peter John Biersteker, Karen O'Brien Hourigan, Patrick L. Hubbard, Robert Francis McDermott, Jr., Jonathan Redgrave, Paul Sommer Ryerson, Geoffrey T. Wright, Jones Day, Washington, DC, Harold K. Gordon, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, New York City, Elizabeth P. Kessler, Ivan C. Smith, Scott C. Walker, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Columbus, OH, Nickels N. Inelegant, Gray, Plant, Moot, Moot & Benne, PA., Minneapolis, MN, Lis M. Shepherd, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, Winston-Salem, NC, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Defendant.

Judah Best, Debevoise & Plimpton, Steven Klugman, Kevin C. Lombardi, Bruce G. Merritt, Washington, DC, Dennis H. Hranitzky, Debevoise & Plimpton, Steven S. Michaels, Joseph P. Moodhe, David Runtz, New York City, for the Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Incorporated, Defendant.

C. Ian Anderson, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY, Steven M. Barna, Jeffrey M. Wintner, Herbert M. Wachtell, Ben M. Germana, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, Richard H. Burton, Christy L. Henderson, Erik D. Nadolink, Cheryl Grissom Ragsdale, Michele B. Scarponi, Patricia M. Schwarzschild, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, Jeanna Maria Beck, Floyd E. Boone, Jr., Susan Louise Lyndrup, Nick Malhotra, Melissa L. Marglous, Duane J. Mauney, Brian K. Esser, Murray R. Garnick, Michael R. Geske, Kevin M. Green, Peter Thomas Grossi, Jr., Ryan David Guilds, Bradley E. Lerman, Amy L. McGinnis, Kendall Millard, Stacy J. Pollock, Amy Elizabeth Ralph, James Miller Rosenthal, Sharma Jnatel Simmons, Jonathan Louis Stern, Thomas M. Stimson, Sharon L. Taylor, Anne McBride Walker, Leslie Wharton, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Lauren J. Bernstein, Winston & Strawn, New York, NY, Timothy M. Broas, Jay L. Levine, Jay L. Levine, Winston & Strawn, LLP, Washington, DC, Alfred McDonnell, Arnold & Porter, Denver, CO, Bradley E. Lerman, Kevin J. Narko, Luke A. Palese, Ricardo E. Ugarte, Jeffrey Wagner, Dan K. Webb, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Seth Barrett Tillman, Newark, NJ, for Philip Morris USA Inc., Defendant.

Kenneth N. Bass, Jason Beckerman, Karen McCartan DeSantis, Dawn D. Marchant, David Patrick Sullivan, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, David M. Bernick, Michelle H. Browdy, Deirdre A. Fox, Steven D. McCormick, Stephen R. Patton, Douglas G. Smith, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Leign Ann Dowden, Dan H. Willoughby, Atlanta, GA, William Charles Hendricks, III, Andrew Martin McCormack, King & Spalding, Washington, DC, Paul Lamont McDonald, Philadelphia, PA, Rebecca I. Ruby, Goodwin Procter, LLP, Washington, DC, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Defendant.

James Lewis Brochin, Theodore V. Wells, Jr., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York, NY, Matthew Campbell, Jane E. Chang, Christopher J. Cullen, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, Thomas J. Frederick, Elizabeth D. Jensen, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Ashley Cummings, Hunton & Williams, Atlanta, GA, Cindy L. Gantnier, Hunton & Williams, Jason T. Jacoby, Richmond, VA, Daniel C. Jordan, Hunton & Williams, McLean, VA, for Altria Group, Inc., Defendant.

Patrick J. Coughlin, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, Julian K. Fite, Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, OK, Frank Janecek, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, San Diego, CA, Lloyd Benton Miller, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Munson, Anchorage, AK, for Cherokee Nation, Native Village of Barrow, Movants.

James M. Cox, Richard Paul Cassetta, Michael B. Minton, J. William Newbold, Bruce D. Ryder, Thompson Coburn LLP, St. Louis, MO, Thomas A. Duncan, Paige Q. Szajnuk, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Edward Craig Schmidt, Matthew David Schwartz, Thompson Coburn, LLP, Washington, DC, for Lorillard Tobacco Company, Defendant.

Kate Cumming Beardsley, Buc & Beardsley, Washington, DC, for Elan Corporation, PLC, Intervenor.

Cynthia S. Cecil, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, for Philip Morris Companies, Inc., Defendant.

Daniel R. Benson, Leonard A. Feiwus, Julie R. Fischer, Marc E. Kasowitz, Aaron H. Marks, Nancy E. Straub, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres Friedman, L.L.P., New York, NY, Michael P.A. Cohen, Washington Lawyers' Committee, Washington, DC, Warren Neil Eggleston, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP, Washington, DC, Kenneth Anthony Gallo, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, Washington, DC, Melodie M. Mabanta, Robinson Woolson, P.A., Baltimore, MD, Fred W. Reinke, Clifford Chance US, LLP, Washington, DC, for the Liggett Group, Inc., Defendant.

Michael V. Corrigan, Demetra Frawley, Mary Elizabeth McGary, Simpson Thatcher & Barlett, New York, NY, Michael Asher Schlanger, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Washington, DC, for British American Tobacco., P.L.C., Defendant.

Alvin Bertram Dunn, Jack McKay, Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, DC, Neil H. Koslowe, Shearman and Sterling LLP, Washington, DC, for British American Tobacco Australia Services, Ltd, Movant.

William Salvatore D'Amico, Chadbourne & Parke, Washington, DC, Roy T. Englert, Jr., Lawrence Saul Robbins, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner, Washington, DC, Timothy M. Hughes, Garyowen P. Morrisroe, F. John Nyhan, Lawrence Eward Savell, Bruce G. Sheffler, David L. Wallace, Jessica L. Zellner, Chadbourne & Parke, New York, NY, Robert M. Rader, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, for British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd., Defendant.

Clausen Jr. Ely, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, James Alexander Goold, Joseph A. Kresse, Keith Allen Teel, John Vanderstar, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for the Tobacco Institute, Incorporated, Defendant., Covington & Burling, Washington, for the Tobacco Institute, Incorporated, Defendant.

Steven D. Gordon, Holland & Knight, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare, L.P., Smithkline Beecham Corp., Intervenors.

Stephen Paul Mahinka, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Pfizer, Inc., Intervenor.

David Mendelson, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, for the American Tobacco Company, Defendant.

Stephen Printiss Murphy, Reed Smith, Washington, DC, for Novartis Consumer Health Inc, Intervenor.

Arnon D. Siegel, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner, Washington, DC, for Pharmacia Corp., intervenor.

D. Jacques Smith, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, for Impax Laboratories, Inc., Intervenor.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

KESSLER, District Judge.

This matter is now before the Court on the Motion for Summary Judgment filed by Defendant Liggett Group Inc. ("Motion"). Upon consideration of the Motion, the Government's Opposition, the Reply, and the entire record herein, and for the reasons stated below, the Motion is denied.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff, the United States of America ("the Government") has brought this suit...

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