LORILLARD TOBACCO CO. v. CHESTER, WILLCOX & SAXBE

No. 07-3589.

546 F.3d 752 (2008)

LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CHESTER, WILLCOX & SAXBE, LLP, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 13, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John A. DeVault III, Bedell, Dittmar, DeVault, Pillans & Coxe, Jacksonville, Florida, for Appellants. Thomas W. Hill, Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: John A. DeVault III, Patrick P. Coll, Bedell, Dittmar, DeVault, Pillans & Coxe, Jacksonville, Florida, William James Pohlman, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants. Thomas W. Hill, Christopher J. Weber, Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter, Columbus, Ohio, Dale C. Christensen, Jr., John J. Galban, Seward & Kissel, New York, New York, for Appellees.

Before: CLAY and COOK, Circuit Judges; OLIVER, District Judge.


OPINION

CLAY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, Lorillard Tobacco Company, Phillip Morris USA Inc., and R.J. Reynolds Company, brought this interpleader action against a number of attorneys, including the five Defendants-Appellants ("Florida Counsel"),1 to determine the proper recipients of four annual $125 million payments that Plaintiffs agreed to pay as part of an attorneys' fee agreement...

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