R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. v. PHILIP MORRIS USA

Nos. CIV.1:99 CV 00185, CIV.1:99 CV 00207, CIV.1:99 CV 00232.

301 F.Supp.2d 479 (2004)

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. (formerly known as Philip Morris Incorporated), Defendant. Lorillard Tobacco Company, Plaintiff, v. Philip Morris USA Inc. (formerly known as Philip Morris Incorporated), Defendant. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Plaintiff, v. Philip Morris USA Inc. (formerly known as Philip Morris Incorporated), Defendant.

United States District Court, M.D. North Carolina.

January 30, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel R. Taylor, Jr., Mark Andrew Stafford, Kilpatrick Stockton, L.L.P., Darryl R. Marsch, Norwood Robinson, Michael Lindsay Robinson, Robinson & Lawing, Winston-Salem, NC, Randolph S. Sherman, Michael Malina, David S. Copeland, Eric Aaronson, Kaye Scholer, L.L.P., New York, NY, Richard M. Cooper, Steven R. Kuney, John E. Schmidtlein, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, John M. Deangelis, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, Greensboro, NC, James T. Williams, Jr., Jennifer Van Zant, Brooks, Pierce, Mclendon, Humphrey & Leonard, Greensboro, NC, Irving Scher, Bruce S. Meyer, August T. Horvath, Weil Gotshal & Manges, LLP., New York, NY, Robert B. Bell, Wiley Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC, Ronald S. Rolfe, Victor L. Hou, Sara Darehshori, Cravath Swaine & Moore, LLP., New York, NY, for Plaintiff.

Larry B. Sitton, Smith, Helms, Mulliss & Moore, Greensboro, NC, Amy Bogart Ostrander, Greenberg Traurig, Washington, DC, Matthew W. Sawchak, Ellis & Winters, LLP., Raleigh, NC, Jerome I. Chapman, Hadrian R. Katz, Richard L. Rosen, L. Elizabeth Bowles, Amy E. Ralph, Anne P. Davis, Kendall Millard, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, David Boies, Stephen R. Neuwirth, Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP., Armonk, NY, Jonathan D. Schiller, Michael A. Brille, Samuel C. Kaplan, Boies Schiller & Flexner, Washington, DC, William Todd Thomas, Boies Schiller & Flexner, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Stuart H. Singer, Boies Schiller & Flexner, Hollywood, FL, Gregory Gerald Holland, Robert R. Marcus, Jonathan Heyl, Smith Moore, L.L.P., Greensboro, NC, for Defendant.

Stuart C. Sullivan, Quik Trip Corp., Tulsa, OK, Frances S. Cohen, Hill & Barlow, Boston, MA, Edward W. Remsburg, Ankeny, IA, John L. Landolfi, Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease, LLP., Columbus, OH, for Movants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BULLOCK, District Judge.

This case is again before the court upon Defendant Philip Morris USA Inc.'s motion for a recovery on injunction bonds posted by the Plaintiffs as a result of the court's order enjoining certain aspects of Defendant's "Retail Leaders" merchandising programs.

Under Rule 65(c), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a party who is found to have been wrongfully enjoined may obtain payment of costs and damages...

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