Gloria SCOTT and Deania M. Jackson, on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Persons Similarly Situated
v.
AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, INC.; American Brands, Inc.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; RJR Nabisco, Inc.; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Batus, Inc.; Batus Holdings, Inc.; Philip Morris, Inc.; Philiip Morris Companies, Inc.; et al.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 23, 2010.
Rehearing Denied May 12, 2010.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Stephen P. Bruno, David S. Scalia, Bruno & Bruno, Robert L. Redfearn, Robert L. Redfearn, Jr., Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, L.L.P., Raul R. Bencomo, Bencomo & Associates, Russ M. Herman, Stephen J. Herman, Herman, Herman, Katz & Cotlar, LLP, Deborah M. Sulzer, Stephen B. Murray, Stephen B. Murray, Jr., Murray Law Firm, Walter J. Leger, Jr. Leger & Mestayer, Meyer H. "Mike" Gertler, Louis L. Gertler, Gertler, Gertler, Vincent & Plotkin, L.L.P. New Orleans, LA, Kenneth M. Carter Kenneth M. Carter, PLC, St. Francisville, LA, Jack M. Bailey, Jr. W. James Singleton, Singleton Law Firm, Shreveport, LA, Daniel E. Becnel, Jr. Law Office of Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Reserve, LA, Bruce C. Dean, Bruce C. Dean, LLC, Metairie, LA, Paul H. Due', Due', Price, Guidry, Piedrahita & Andrews Baton Rouge, LA, Michael X. St. Martin, St. Martin & Williams, Houma, LA, Calvin C. Fayard, Jr., Fayard & Honeycutt, Denham Springs, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees.
Charles F. Gay, Jr., Ronald J. Sholes, Martin A. Stern, Jeffery E. Richardson, Adams and Reese LLP, New Orleans, LA, for Phillip Morris USA, Inc. and the Tobacco Institute, Inc.
Steven W. Copley, Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Gary R. Long, Jennifer L. Brown, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Kansas City, MO, for Lorillard Tobacco Company.
Phillip A. Wittmann, Dorothy H. Wimberly, Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann L.L.C, New Orleans, LA, Mark A. Belasic, Kevin D. Boyce, Jones Day, Cleveland, OH, For R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Carmelite M. Bertaut Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Richard A. Schneider, King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (Now Known as Brown & Williamson Holdings, Inc., individuALLY and as Successor by Merger to the American Tobacco Company).
(Court composed of Judge DENNIS R. BAGNERIS, SR., Judge MAX N. TOBIAS, JR., Judge DAVID S. GORBATY, Judge ROLAND L. BELSOME, Judge PAUL A. BONIN).
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
PAUL A. BONIN, Judge.
The "tobacco companies"1 suspensively appeal2 the Amended Judgment rendered on July 21, 2008 in this class action matter which ordered them to deposit into the court's registry the full amount of $263,532,762 with legal interest from June 30, 2004, until paid, in order to fund a court supervised comprehensive smoking cessation program. Ms. Deania Jackson3 timely...
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