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

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

337 F.Supp.2d 15 (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.

As Amended August 10, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

David B. Alden, Randal S. Baringer, Oail Crist, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, William M. Bailey, Collier Shannon Scott, PLLC, Washington, DC, Peter John Biersteker, Jones Day, Washington, DC, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Defendant.

C. Ian Anderson, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY, Steven M. Barna, Ben M. Germana, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY, Jeanna Maria Beck, Floyd E. Boone, Brian K. Esser, Murray R. Garnick, Michael R. Geske, Kevin M. Green, Peter Thomas Grossi, Jr, Ryan David Guilds, Susan Louise Lyndrup, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Lauren J. Bernstein, Winston & Strawn, New York, NY, Bradley E. Lerman, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Jay L. Levine, Winston & Strawn, Washington, DC, Nick Malhotra, Melissa L. Marglous, Duane J. Mauney, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Richard H. Burton, Cynthia S. Cecil, Cindy L. Gantnier, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, Matthew Campbell, Christopher J. Cullen, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, Jane E. Chang, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, James Lewis Brochin, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York, NY, Ashley Cummings, Hunton & Williams, Atlanta, GA, Thomas J. Frederick, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Elizabeth D. Jensen, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Daniel C. Jordan, Hunton & Williams, McLean, VA, for Philip Morris USA Inc., Philip Morris Companies, Inc., Altria Group, Inc., Defendants.

Kenneth N. Bass, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, David M. Bernick, Michelle H. Browdy, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Defendant.

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

Jason Beckerman, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, the American Tobacco Company, Defendants.

Daniel R. Benson, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres, Friedman, L.L.P., New York, NY, for the Liggett Group, Inc., Defendant.

Judah Best, Debevoise & Plimpton, Washington, DC, for the Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Incorporated, Defendant.

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

Timothy M. Broas, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, Richard P. Cassetta, Thompson Coburn, LLP, St. Louis, MO, for Altria Group, Inc., British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Philip Morris USA Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, the Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Incorporated, the Tobacco Institute, Incorporated, Lorillard Tobacco Company, Defendants.

Michael P.A. Cohen, Washington Lawyers' Committee, Washington, DC, Leonard A. Feiwus, Julie R. Fischer, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres Friedman, L.L.P., New York, NY, for the Liggett Group, Inc., Defendant.

Michael V. Corrigan, Demetra Frawley, Simpson Thatcher & Barlett, New York, NY, for British American Tobacco., P.L.C., Defendant.

Patrick J. Coughlin, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, for Cherokee Nation, Native Village of Barrow, Movants.

James M. Cox, Thompson & Coburn, LLP, St. Louis, MO, for Lorillard Tobacco Company, Defendant.

William Salvatore D'Amico, Chadbourne & Parke, Washington, DC, Roy T. Englert, Jr., Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner, Washington, DC, for British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd., Defendant.

Karen McCartan DeSantis, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, Leign Ann Dowden, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, Deirdre A. Fox, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Defendant.

Thomas A. Duncan, Paige Q. Szajnuk, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, for Lorillard Tobacco Company, Defendant.

Alvin Bertram Dunn, Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, DC, for British American Tobacco Australia Services, Ltd, Movant.

Warren Neil Eggleston, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP, Washington, DC, Kenneth Anthony Gallo, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, Washington, DC, for the Liggett Group, Inc., Defendant.

Clausen Jr. Ely, James Alexander Goold, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for the Tobacco Institute, Incorporated, Defendant.

Julian K. Fite, Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, OK, for Cherokee Nation, Native Village of Barrow, Movants.

Harold K. Gordon, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, New York, NY, Karen O'Brien Hourigan, Jones Day, Washington, DC, Patrick L. Hubbard, Jones Day, Washington, DC, Elizabeth P. Kessler, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Columbus, OH, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Defendant.

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

Christy L. Henderson, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, for Philip Morris USA Inc., Defendant.

Dennis H. Hranitzky, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY, for the Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Incorporated, Defendant.

Timothy M. Hughes, Chadbourne & Parke, New York, NY, for British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd., Defendant.

William D. Iverson, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for John P. Rupp, Movant.

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

Frank Janecek, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, San Diego, CA, for Cherokee Nation, Native Village of Barrow, Movants.

Marc E. Kasowitz, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres Friedman, L.L.P., New York, NY, for the Liggett Group, Inc., Defendant.

Steven Klugman, Debevoise & Plimpton, Washington, DC, for the Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Incorporated, Defendant.

Neil H. Koslowe, Shearman and Sterling LLP, Washington, DC, for British American Tobacco Australia Services, Ltd, Movant.

Joseph A. Kresse, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for the Tobacco Institute, Incorporated, Defendant.

Kevin C. Lombardi, Debevoise & Plimpton, Washington, DC, for the Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Incorporated, Defendant.

Melodie M. Mabanta, Robinson Woolson, P.A., Baltimore, MD, for the Liggett Group, Inc., Defendant.

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

William Charles Hendricks, III, Andrew Martin McCormack, King & Spalding, Washington, DC, Dawn D. Marchant, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, Steven D. McCormick, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Paul Lamont McDonald, Philadelphia, PA, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Defendant.

Aaron H. Marks, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres Friedman, L.L.P., New York, NY, for the Liggett Group, Inc., Defendant.

Robert Francis McDermott, Jr., Jones Day, Washington, DC, Nicholas N. Nierengarten, Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, PA., Minneapolis, MN, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Defendant.

Alfred McDonnell, Arnold & Porter, Denver, CO, for Philip Morris USA Inc., Philip Morris Companies, Inc., Altria Group, Inc., Defendants.

Mary Elizabeth McGarry, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York, NY, for British American Tobacco., P.L.C., Defendant.

Amy L. McGinnis, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, for Philip Morris USA Inc., Philip Morris Companies, Inc., Altria Group, Inc., Defendants.

Jack McKay, Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, DC, for British American Tobacco Australia Services, Ltd, Movant.

David Mendelson, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, for the American Tobacco Company, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Defendants.

Bruce G. Merritt, Debevoise & Plimpton, Washington, DC, for the Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Incorporated, Defendant.

Steven S. Michaels, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY, for the Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Incorporated, Defendant.

Kendall Millard, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, for Philip Morris USA Inc., Philip Morris Companies, Inc., Altria Group, Inc., Defendants.

Lloyd Benton Miller, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Munson, Anchorage, AK, for Cherokee Nation, Native Village of Barrow, Movants.

Michael B. Minton, Thompson Coburn LLP, St. Louis, MO, for Lorillard Tobacco Company, Defendant.

Joseph P. Moodhe, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY, for the Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Incorporated, Defendant.

Garyowen P. Morrisroe, Chadbourne & Parke, New York, NY, for British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd., Defendant.

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

Erik D. Nadolink, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, Kevin J. Narko, Luke A. Palese, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Stacy J. Pollock, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, for Philip Morris USA Inc., Philip Morris Companies, Inc., Altria Group, Inc., Defendants.

J. William Newbold, Thompson Coburn LLP, St. Louis, MO, for Lorillard Tobacco Company, Defendant.

F. John Nyhan, Chadbourne & Parke, New York, NY, Lawrence Saul Robbins, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner, Washington, DC, Lawrence Edward Savell, Bruce G. Sheffler, David L. Wallace, Jessica L. Zellner, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, New York, NY, Arnon D. Siegel, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner, Washington, DC, for British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd., Defendant.

Stephen R. Patton, Kirland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Defendant.

Robert M. Rader, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, for British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd., British American Tobacco., P.L.C., the American Tobacco Company, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Lorillard Tobacco Company, Philip Morris USA Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, the Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Incorporated, the Liggett Group, Inc., the Tobacco Institute, Incorporated, Philip Morris Companies, Inc., Defendants.

Cheryl Grissom Ragsdale, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, Amy Elizabeth Ralph-Mudge, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, for Philip Morris USA Inc., Philip Morris Companies, Inc., Altria Group, Inc., Defendants.

Jonathan Redgrave, Paul Sommer Ryerson, Jones Day, Washington, DC, Lisa M. Sheppard, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, Winston-Salem, NC, Ivan C. Smith, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Columbus, OH, Scott C. Walker, Robert C. Weber, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, John Buchanan Williams, Collier Shannon Scott, PLLC, Washington, DC, Geoffrey T. Wright, Jones Day, Washington, DC, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Defendant.

Fred W. Reinke, Clifford Chance US, LLP, Washington, DC, for the Liggett Group, Inc., Defendant.

Rebecca I. Ruby, Goodwin Procter, LLP, Washington, DC, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Defendant.

David Runtz, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY, for the Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Incorporated, Defendant.

Bruce D. Ryder, Thompson Coburn LLP, St. Louis, MO, for Lorillard Tobacco Company, Defendant.

James Miller Rosenthal, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Michele B. Scarponi, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, Patricia M. Schwarzschild, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, Sharma Jnatel Simmons, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Jonathan Louis Stern, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Thomas M. Stimson, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, Sharon L. Taylor, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Seth Barrett Tillman, Chambers of Judge William J. Martini, Newark, NJ, Ricardo E. Ugarte, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Herbert M. Wachtell, Jeffrey M. Wintner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY, Jeffrey Wagner, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Anne McBride Walker, Leslie Wharton, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Dan K. Webb, Anastasia G. Weis, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Theodore V. Wells, Jr., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York, NY, for Philip Morris USA Inc., Altria Group, Inc., Defendants.

Michael Asher Schlanger, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Washington, DC, for British American Tobacco., P.L.C., Defendant.

Edward Craig Schmidt, Matthew David Schwartz, Thompson Coburn, LLP, Washington, DC, for Lorillard Tobacco Company, Defendant.

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

Douglas G. Smith, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Dan H. Willoughby, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Defendant.

Nancy E. Straub, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres Friedman, L.L.P., New York, NY, for the Liggett Group, Inc., Defendant.

Guy Miller Struve, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY, for Altria Group, Inc., Defendant.

David Patrick Sullivan, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, the American Tobacco Company, Defendants.

Keith Allen Teel, John Vanderstar, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for the Tobacco Institute, Incorporated, Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

KESSLER, District Judge.

This matter is now before the Court on Defendants'1 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment With Respect to the Government's Nicotine Manipulation and Addiction Allegations ("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...

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