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STATE v. PHILLIP MORRIS, INC.

No. 17548.

905 A.2d 42 (2006)

279 Conn. 785

STATE of Connecticut v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided September 12, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Rubin, associate attorney general, with whom were Robert W. Clark, assistant attorney general, and, on the brief, Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Robert J. Brookhiser, pro hac vice, with whom were John F. Conway and Elizabeth B. McCallum, pro hac vice, for the appellees (defendant Commonwealth Brands, Inc., et al.).

Stephen R. Patton, pro hac vice, with whom were James H. Rotondo and, on the brief, R. Cornelius Danaher, Jr., Alexander Shaknes, pro hac vice, Douglas G. Smith, pro hac vice, Victoria Wood Chavey, Hartford, and Ben A. Solnit, New Haven, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company et al. as amici curiae.

Brett DeLange, pro hac vice, filed a brief for the state of Alabama et al. as amici curiae.

VERTEFEUILLE, ZARELLA, MIANO, THIM and MACK, Js.

VERTEFEUILLE, J.

The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether the current dispute between the defendants Commonwealth Brands, Inc., King Maker Marketing, Inc., and Sherman 1400 Broadway N.Y.C., Inc. (petitioners), and the plaintiff, the state of Connecticut (state), is subject to arbitration under the arbitration provision of the tobacco litigation master settlement agreement (agreement) to which the petitioners and the state are parties. The state appeals from...

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