STATE, EX REL. CARTER v. PHILIP MORRIS

No. 49A02-0706-CV-494.

879 N.E.2d 1212 (2008)

STATE of Indiana, ex rel., Stephen R. CARTER, Attorney General of Indiana, Appellant-Plaintiff, v. PHILIP MORRIS TOBACCO COMPANY, et al., Appellees-Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

February 1, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen R. Carter, Attorney General of Indiana, David L. Steiner, Lawrence J. Carcare II, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellant.

David O. Tittle, Kandi H. Kidde, Karl L. Mulvaney, Bingham McHale LLP, Thomas J. Costakis, Greg A. Small, Krieg Devault LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellees.


OPINION

HOFFMAN, Senior Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant State of Indiana appeals the trial court's order compelling it to participate in arbitration with the Defendants-Appellees Philip Morris Tobacco Company USA Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and Lorillard Tobacco Company.

We affirm.

The State presents two issues for our review, which we restate as:

I. Whether the trial court erred by ordering the State to participate in arbitration...

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