VIBO CORP., INC. v. CONWAY

No. 10-5043.

669 F.3d 675 (2012)

VIBO CORPORATION, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jack CONWAY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 22, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John K. Bush , Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant. Gary D. Wilson , Washington, D.C., Douglas L. Wald , Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: John K. Bush , Daniel W. Redding , Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant. Gary D. Wilson , Washington, D.C., Douglas L. Wald , Michael B. Bernstein , Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, D.C., Eric Shapland , Arnold & Porter LLP, Los Angeles, California, Michael Plumley , Office of the Kentucky Attorney General, Frankfort, Kentucky, Irving Scher , Scott Martin , Greenberg Traurig LLP, New York, New York, Charles S. Cassis , Theresa A. Canaday , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Louisville, Kentucky, Stephen R. Patton , Douglas G. Smith , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, Illinois, Robert J. Brookhiser , Elizabeth B. McCallum , Baker & Hostetler, Washington, D.C., Merrill S. Schell , M. Stephen Pitt , Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, Louisville, Kentucky, Eric Estes , Office of the Arkansas Attorney General, Little Rock, Arkansas, David Lapp , Office of the Maryland Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, Brett DeLange , Office of the Idaho Attorney General, Boise, Idaho, Paul Berks , Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Chicago, Illinois, Brian D. Devlin , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, Douglas A. Bahr , Office of the North Dakota Attorney General, Bismarck, North Dakota, Susan C. Walker , Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, Rebekah A. Baker , Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, Michael T. Weirich , Oregon Department of Justice, Salem, Oregon, for Appellees.

CLAY, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which GIBBONS, J., joined. WHITE, J. (p. ____), delivered a separate concurring opinion.


OPINION

CLAY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff VIBO Corporation, Inc., appeals the district court's order dismissing its antitrust claims against Defendant tobacco companies, filed pursuant to the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1, 3(a); dismissing its constitutional claims against Defendant Attorneys General, filed pursuant to the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Due Process Clauses of...

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