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STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO v. PHILIP MORRIS INC.

No. 09-03-059 CV.

143 S.W.3d 497 (2004)

The STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO OF The FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL, Appellant, v. PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED, B.A.T. Industries, P.L.C., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and Lorillard Tobacco Company, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Decided August 12, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Hays, Charles S. Siegel, Waters & Kraus, LLP, Dallas, for appellant.

H. Lee Godfrey, Susman Godfrey, LLP, Steven R. Selsberg, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Paul E. Stallings, Vinson & Elkins, LLP, Houston, Catherine L. Bjorck, Jones Day, Dallas, Tanner T. Hunt, Jr., Wells, Payton, Greenberg & Hunt, LLP, Beaumont, Joseph M. McLaughlin, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP, New York, NY, for appellees.

Before McKEITHEN, C.J., BURGESS and GAULTNEY, JJ.

OPINION

DAVID B. GAULTNEY, Justice.

Rio de Janeiro of the Federative Republic of Brazil filed this lawsuit in the district court of Angelina County, Texas, against various nonresident defendants in an effort to recoup billions of dollars expended on healthcare because of smoking-related illnesses. The trial court found it did not have jurisdiction over the defendants and granted the special appearance motions of Philip Morris, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco...

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