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SCHWAB v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC.

No. 04-CV-1945(JBW).

449 F.Supp.2d 992 (2006)

Barbara SCHWAB et al., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Lorillard Tobacco Co., Ligget Group, Inc., American Tobacco Co., Altria Group, Inc., British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

September 25, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, Washington, DC by Benjamin D. Brown, Paul T. Gallagher, Michael D. Hausfeld, Andrea L. Hertzfeld, Brent W. Landau, Douglas J. McNamara, Linda P. Nussbaum, James J. Pizzirusso, Susan Rogers Schwaiger, Finkelstein, Thompson & Loughran, Washington, DC by William P. Butterfield, Hilary K. Ratway, Richard M. Volin, Smoger & Associates, P.C., Oakland, CA by Gerson H. Smoger, for Plaintiffs.

Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC by Judith Bernstein-Gaeta, Anthony D. Boccanfuso, Susan B. Cassidy, Brian Thomas Edmunds, Murray R. Garnick, Edward Gehres, Jennifer Ann Karmonick, Courtney E. Smothers, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL by David M. Bernick, Renee D. Honigberg, for Defendant Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Jones Day, Cleveland, OH and New York City, By Mark A. Belasic, Harold Keith Gordon, Theodore M. Grossman, Steven P. Harte, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, NC by Gusti W. Frankel, for Defendant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Chadbourne & Parke, New York City by Joseph Gerard Falcone, Philip A. Pfeffer, for Defendant British American Tobacco Ltd.

Chadbourne & Parke, New York City by Thomas Edward Riley, for Defendant British American Tobacco, P.L.C.

Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, New York City by Leonard A. Feiwus, Julie R. Fischer, Aaron H. Marks, for Defendant Liggett Group, Inc. Kirkland & Ellis, New York City, by Peter A. Bellacosa, for Defendant Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

Greenberg Traurig, L.L.P., New York City by Alan Mansfield, Joanne M. McLaren, Stephen L. Saad, for Defendant Lorillard Tobacco Company.

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.

                                        TABLE OF CONTENTS

I.    Introduction ................................................................. 1018

II.   Allegations .................................................................. 1025
      A. Burden of Proof ........................................................... 1025
         1. Class Certification ...............................

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                
                            

                            

                                

                                    
    
                                        
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