STATE v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC.

No. 2A05-4.

676 S.E.2d 53 (2009)

STATE of North Carolina v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Individually and as successor by merger to The American Tobacco Company; and Lorillard Tobacco Company. Appealed by State of Maryland, the Maryland Certification Entity, the Commonwealth of Pa. and the Pa. Certification Entity.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 19, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marlene Trestman, Special Assistant to Att. General, David S. Lapp, Craig A. Nielsen, Assistant Attorney Generals, for State of Maryland.

Joel M. Ressler, Chief Deputy Attorney General, for State of Pennsylvania.

Jim W. Phillips, Jr., Greensboro, Charles P. Marshall, III, Raleigh, for Lorillard.

Gregory G. Holland, Greensboro, Larry B. Sitton, Jonathan Heyl, Charlotte, for Philip Morris USA.

Prior report: ___ N.C.App. ___, 669 S.E.2d 753.


ORDER

Upon consideration of the petition for discretionary review, filed by Plaintiffs (State of Maryland, et al) on the 20th day of January 2009 in this matter pursuant to G.S. 7A-31 and the Appellate Rule 16(b) as to issues in addition to those presented as the basis for the dissenting opinion in the Court of Appeals, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals: the petition for discretionary review as...

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