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STATE v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC.

928 A.2d 782 (2007)

2007 ME 90

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

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: July 17, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, Christopher C. Taub, Asst. Atty. Gen., Peter B. LaFond, Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Augusta, for plaintiff.

Charles A. Harvey Jr., Robert S. Frank, Harvey & Frank, Portland, Steven R. Patton (orally), Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Chicago, IL, John F. Lambert Jr., Teresa Cloutier, Lambert Coffin, Portland, Thomas J. Frederick, Winston & Strawn, LLP, Chicago, IL, Robert J. Gallo, McNeill, Taylor & Gallo, P.A., Dover, NH, Robert J. Brookhiser (orally), Howrey, LLP, Washington, DC, for defendants.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and CLIFFORD, CALKINS, LEVY, SILVER, and MEAD, JJ.

SILVER, J.

[¶ 1] The State of Maine appeals from an order entered in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Studstrup, J.) dismissing the State's motion for a declaratory judgment and granting Philip Morris, Inc.'s motion to compel arbitration. The State contends that (1) we have appellate jurisdiction over the order dismissing the motion for a declaratory judgment and (2) the State should not be compelled to arbitrate. We dismiss the appeal as interlocutory...

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