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IN THE MATTER OF BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION v. CHESLEY

7 A.D.3d 368 (2004)

777 N.Y.S.2d 82

IN THE MATTER OF BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION ET AL., Respondents, v. STANLEY M. CHESLEY ET AL., Appellants, ET AL., Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

May 18, 2004.

Respondents-appellants are members of the "Castano Group," a group of more than 50 law firms nationwide formed over a decade ago to bring lawsuits against the tobacco industry. In 1994, the Castano Group filed its first lawsuit in federal District Court in Louisiana. Although the class was initially certified, an appellate court decertified the class. Consequently, the Castano Group filed 25 state class actions nationwide and appellants (hereinafter Ellis Counsel) commenced...

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