LIGGETT GROUP, INC. v. COM.

No. 2006-CA-000359-MR.

232 S.W.3d 559 (2007)

LIGGETT GROUP, INC.; Vector Tobacco, Inc.; Commonwealth Brands, Inc.; King Maker Marketing, Inc.; and Sherman's 1400 Broadway N.Y.C., Ltd., Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky and Vibo Corporation, d/b/a General Tobacco, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

August 24, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Johnson, J. Guthrie True, Frankfort, KY, for appellants, Liggett Group, Inc., and Vector Tobacco, Inc.

K. Gregory Haynes, Virginia Hamilton Snell, Louisville, KY, for appellants, Commonwealth Brands, Inc.; King Maker Marketing, Inc.; and Sherman's 1400 Broadway N.Y.C., Ltd.

Elizabeth B. McCallum, Washington, D.C., for appellants, Liggett Group, Inc.; Commonwealth Brands, Inc.; King Maker Marketing, Inc.; and Sherman's 1400 Broadway, N.Y.C., Ltd.

Gregory D. Stumbo, Attorney General of Kentucky, Michael L. Plumley, James M. Herrick, Assistant Attorneys General Frankfort, KY, Peter J. Levin, National Association of Attorneys General, Washington, D.C., for Appellee, Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Steven S. Reed, Kent Wicker, John K. Bush, Louisville, KY, for appellee, Vibo Corporation, d/b/a General Tobacco.

Before THOMPSON and WINE, Judges; KNOPF, Senior Judge.


OPINION

WINE, Judge.

The Appellants, Liggett Group, Inc., Vector Tobacco, Inc., Commonwealth Brands, Inc., King Maker Marketing, Inc., and Sherman's 1400 Broadway N.Y.C., Ltd. (collectively, "the Appellants"), appeal from a January 26, 2006 order of the Franklin Circuit Court denying their motion to enforce the terms of the Master Settlement Agreement ("MSA") entered into between a majority of states, including Kentucky ("the Settling States"), and...

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