U.S. v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC.

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

327 F.Supp.2d 13 (2004)

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

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 15, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Alden, Randal S. Baringer, Paul Crist, Elizabeth P. Kessler, 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, Nicholas N. Nierengarten, Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, Lisa M. Sheppard, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, Winston-Salem, NC, Ivan C. Smith, Scott C. Walker, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Columbus, OH, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

C. Ian Anderson, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York City, Steven M. Barna, Ben M. Germana, Herbert M. Wachtell, Jeffrey M. Wintner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, Jeanna Maria Beck, Floyd E. Boone, Jr., Brian K. Esser, Murray R. Garnick, Michael R. Geske, Kevin M. Green, Peter Thomas Grossi, Jr., Ryan David Guilds, Nick Malhotra, Melissa L. Marglous, Duane J. Mauney, Amy L. McGinnis, Kendall Millard, Stacy J. Pollock, Amy Elizabeth Ralph, James Miller Rosenthal, Sharma Jnatel Simmons, Sharon L. Taylor, Jonathan Louis Stern, Anne McBride Walker, Leslie Wharton, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Lauren J. Bernstein, Winston & Strawn, New York City, James Lewis Brochin, Theodore V. Wells, Jr., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Whorton & Garrison, New York City, Richard H. Burton, Cindy L. Gantnier Erik D. Nadolink, Patricia M. Schwarzschild, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, Matthew Campbell, Jane R. Chang, Christopher J. Cullen, Jay L. Levine, Thomas M. Stimson, Winston & Strawn, LLP, Washington, DC, Ashley Cummings, Hunton & Williams, Atlanta, GA, Thomas J. Frederick, Elizabeth D. Jensen, Bradley E. Lerman, Luke A. Palese, Kevin J. Narko, Ricardo E. Ugarte, Jeffrey Wagner, Dan K. Webb, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Daniel C. Jordan, Hunton & Williams, McLean, VA, Alfred McDonnell, Arnold & Porter, Denver, CO, Seth Barrett Tillman, Newark, NJ, for Philip Morris USA, Inc., Altria Group, Inc.

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

Daniel R. Benson, Leoanrd A. Feiwus, Julie R. Fischer, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres, Friedman, L.L.P., New York City, Michael P. A. Cohen, Washington Lawyer's Committee, Washington, DC, for The Liggett Group, Inc.

Judah Best, Steven Klugman, Susan Louise Lyndrup, Bruce G. Merritt, Kevin C. Lombardi, Bruce G. Marritt, Debevoise & Plimpton, Washington, DC, Dennis H. Hranitzky, Steven S. Michaels, Joseph P. Moodhoe, David Runtz, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, for Council for Tobacco Research-USA Inc.

Timothy M. Broas, Robert M. Radar, Winston & Strawn, LLP, Washington, DC, Richard P. Cassetta, Thompson Coburn, LLP, St. Louis, MO, for Philip Morris USA, Inc., Altria Group, Inc., British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd., Brown & William Tobacco Corp., Lorillard Tobacco Co., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Council for Tobacco Research-USA Inc., Tobacco Institute, Inc., Liggett Group, Inc.

Renee Brooker, U.S. Dept. of Justice Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Stephen Dudley Brody, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Tobacco Lit. Team, Washington, DC, Sharon Yvette Eubanks, J. patrick Glynn, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for U.S.

Michael V. Corrigan, Demetra Frawley, Mary Elizabeth McGarry, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, William Salvatore D'Amico, Chadbourne & Parke, Washington, DC, Roy T. Englert, Jr., Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner, Washington, DC, Michael Asher Schlanger, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Washington, DC, for British American Tobacco, P.L.C.

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

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.

Clausen Jr. Ely, James Alexander Glynn, Joseph A. Kresse, John Vanderstar, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for Tobacco Institute, Inc.

Christy L. Henderson, Cheryl Grissom Ragsdale, Michele B. Scarponi, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, Anastasia G. Weis, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Jason T. Jacoby, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, for Altria Group, Inc.

Timothy M. Hughes, Garyowen P. Morrisroe, F. John Nyhan, Lawrence Edward Savell, Bruce G. Sheffler, David L. Wallace, Jessica L. Zellner, Chadbourne & Parke, New York City, Lawrence Saul Robbins, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner, Washington, DC, for British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd.

Marc E. Kasowitz, Aaron H. Marks, Nancy E. Straub, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres, Friedman, L.L.P., New York City, Melodie M. Mabanta, Robinson Woolson, P.A., Baltimore, MD, Fred W. Reinke, Clifford Chance US, LLP, Washington, DC, for Liggett Group, Inc.

David Mendelson, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Washington, DC, for American Tobacco Co.

David Patrick Sullivan, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Amercian Tobacco Co.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

KESSLER, District Judge.

This matter is now before the Court on the Government's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment That Each Defendant Is Distinct from the RICO Enterprise, That a Defendant's Liability for RICO Conspiracy Does Not Require That Defendant To Participate in the Operation or Management of the Enterprise, and That RICO Liability Extends to Aiders and Abettors ("Motion"). Upon consideration of the Motion, Defendants...

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