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WATSON v. PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES, INC.

No. 04-1225.

420 F.3d 852 (2005)

Lisa WATSON; Loretta Lawson, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs — Appellants, v. PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES, INC., a Corporation; Philip Morris, Incorporated, a Corporation, Defendants — Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 25, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Marcus Neil Bozeman of Little Rock, AR.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Amy Phillips Rosenthal of Arlington, VA.

Before RILEY, JOHN R. GIBSON, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Lisa Watson and Loretta Lawson filed this interlocutory appeal, on their own behalf and as representatives of a class, from the district court's1 denial of their motion to remand to state court. Watson and Lawson filed their class action in Arkansas state court, alleging that Philip Morris violated the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. See Ark.Code Ann. § 4-88-107 et seq. We hold...

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