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FOSTER v. STATE OF MINNESOTA

No. 17-1177.

888 F.3d 356 (2018)

Sheila FOSTER, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated Plaintiff-Appellant v. STATE OF MINNESOTA, et al. Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 20, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garrett D. Blanchfield, Jr. , Mark A. Wendorf , Roberta A. Yard , Reinhardt & Wendorf, Saint Paul, MN, Joseph C. Bourne , Daniel E. Gustafson , Daniel C. Hedlund , Gustafson & Gluek, Minneapolis, MN, Michael R. Cashman , Richard M. Hagstrom , Hellmuth & Johnson, Edina, MN, Erin Burns , Dianne M. Nast , Nastlaw, Philadelphia, PA, Frank T. Davis , Joseph Goldberg , Freedman & Boyd, Albuquerque, NM, Patrick Howard , Charles J. Kocher , Saltz & Mohgeluzzi, Philadelphia, PA, Marisa Katz , Vildan Aksoz Teske , Teske & Katz, Minneapolis, MN, Patrick W. Michenfelder , Throndset & Michenfelder, Saint Michael, MN, Simon Bahne Paris , Philadelphia, PA, Edward A. Wallace , Kenneth A. Wexler , Wexler & Wallace, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Alethea Marie Huyser , Assistant Attorney General, Oliver J. Larson , Assistant Attorney General, Jeffery Thompson , Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office, Saint Paul, MN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, LOKEN, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

In 1998, the State of Minnesota, through its Attorney General, entered into a court-approved Settlement Agreement in which the State "release[d] and forever discharge[d]" tobacco companies from claims that they violated Minnesota consumer protection statutes in exchange for substantial periodic settlement payments. In 2001...

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