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GRISHAM v. PHILIP MORRIS U.S.A.

Nos. 03-55780, 03-56018.

403 F.3d 631 (2005)

Leslie J. GRISHAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PHILIP MORRIS U.S.A., a corporation; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company Corp., individually and as successor to the American Tobacco Company and its predecessor in interest, British American Tobacco Industries, PLC, Defendants-Appellees. Maria Cannata, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., aka Philip Morris; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

March 29, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frances M. Phares, Esq., Baum Hedlund, Los Angeles, CA, Martin Louis Stanley, Esq., Santa Monica, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Daniel U. Smith, Esq., Law Office of Daniel U. Smith, Kentfield, CA, Murray R. Garnick, Sheila B. Scheuerman, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC, Maurice A. Leiter, Esq., Arnold & Porter LLP, Daniel P. Collins, Esq., Ralph A. Campillo, Esq., Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold, Amy W. Schulman, Fred D. Heather, Esq., Piper Rudnick, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: FARRIS, D.W. NELSON, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

ORDER

PER CURIAM:

We certify to the California Supreme Court the questions set forth in Part II of this order. The answers to the certified questions depend upon California law, and the answers may be determinative of the outcome of the present appeals. We find no clear controlling precedent in the decisions of the California Supreme Court. The answers provided by the California Supreme Court to the certified questions will be followed by this court.

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