D. Lamar DELOACH; William G. Hyman; Hyman Farms, Incorporated; Guy W. Hale; James R. Smith; Houston T. Everett; D. Keith Parrish, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY; Philip Morris USA, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellants, and
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Defendant-Appellee, and
Philip Morris International; R.J.R. Nabisco Holdings Corporation; B.A.T. Industries, Plc; British American Tobacco Company Limited; J.P. Taylor Company, Incorporated; Southwestern Tobacco Company, Incorporated; Dimon, Incorporated; Standard Commercial Corporation; Philip Morris International; Loews Corporation; R.J.R. Nabisco, Incorporated; Universal Leaf Corporation, Defendants.
David Diperna, Claimant, Jimmy K. Lee; W. Denny Lee; Dale R. Lucas; Sammy Tant, Movants.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 6, 2004.
Argued: October 26, 2004.
Decided: December 6, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: David Boies, Boies, Schiller & Flexner, L.L.P., Armonk, New York; James T. Williams, Jr., Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellants. Alan Mitchell Wiseman, Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Larry B. Sitton, Gregory G. Holland, Smith Moore, L.L.P., Greensboro, North Carolina; Carl J. Nichols, Boies, Schiller & Flexner, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Appellant Philip Morris USA, Inc., Mack Sperling, Jennifer K. Van Zant, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant Lorillard Tobacco Company. Alexander J. Pires, Jr., Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, L.L.P., Washington, DC; Stuart H. Harris, Thomas A. Isaacson, Joseph A. Ostoyich, Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, L.L.P., Washington, DC; Richard M. Hutson, Hutson, Hughes & Powell, Durham, North Carolina, for Appellees. W. Andrew Copenhaver, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, P.L.L.C., Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Sean E. Andrussier, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, P.L.L.C., Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Before NIEMEYER, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Affirmed in part and reversed in part by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge MICHAEL and Judge MOTZ joined.
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we determine the impact on a settlement agreement, partially resolving a class action, of a second settlement agreement resolving the remainder of the same action.
Tobacco farmers commenced this antitrust class action against several tobacco manufacturers and dealers, alleging...
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