U.S. v. PHILIP MORRIS INC.

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

304 F.Supp.2d 60 (2004)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

February 24, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon Yvette Eubanks, Renee Brooker, Stephen Dudley Brody, J. Patrick Glynn, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for U.S.

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

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

David B. Alden, Paul Crist, Randal S. Baringer, Robert C. Weber, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, William M. Bailey, John Buchanan Williams, Collier Shannon Scott, PLLC, Washington, DC, Scott C. Walker, Elizabeth P. Kessler, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Columbus, OH, Lisa M. Sheppard, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, Winston-Salem, NC, Harold K. Gordon, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, New York, NY, Jonathan Redgrave, Jones Day, Washington, DC, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Kenneth N. Bass, Jason Beckerman, Karen McCartan DeSantis, Dawn D. Marchant, David Patrick Sullivan, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 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, King & Spalding, 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 Corp.

Daniel R. Benson, Julie R. Fischer, Leonard A. Feiwus, Marc E. Kasowitz, Nancy E. Straub, Aaron H. Marks, 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, Fred W. Reinke, Clifford Chance US, LLP, Washington, DC, Melodie M. Mabanta, Robinson Woolson, P.A., Baltimore, MD, for Liggett Group, Inc.

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

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

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

Michael V. Corrigan, Demetra Frawley, Mary Elizabeth McGarry, Simpson Thatcher & Barlett, New York, NY, William Salvatore D'Amico, Chadbourne & Parke, Washington, DC, Roy T. Englert, Jr., Robbins, Lawrence Saul Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner, Washington, DC, Timothy M. Hughes, Lawrence Edward Savell, F. John Nyhan, David L. Wallace, Jessica L. Zellner, Bruce G. Sheffler, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, New York, NY, Neil H. Koslowe, Shearman and Sterling LLP, Washington, DC, Garyowen P. Morrisroe, Chadbourne & Parke, New York, NY, Robert M. Rader, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, Michael Asher Schlanger, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Washington, DC, for British American Tobacco, P.L.C.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

David Charles Shonka, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, for Federal Trade Com'n.

Steven D. Gordon, Holland & Knight, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, L.P.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

KESSLER, District Judge.

This matter is now before the Court on Defendants'1 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on Claims that Defendants Advertised, Marketed, and Promoted Cigarettes to Youth and Fraudulently Denied Such Conduct. Upon consideration of the Motion, the Government's Opposition and the entire record herein, and for the reasons stated below...

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