U.S. v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC.

Civil Action No. 99-2496 (GK).

787 F.Supp.2d 68 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

June 1, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel K. Crane-Hirsch , U.S. Department of Justice Office of Consumer Litigation, Ann M. Ravel , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Linda Margaret McMahon , U.S. Department of Justice, Renee Brooker , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Commercial Litigation Branch-Civil Fraud, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Alfred McDonnell , Amy Elizabeth Ralph-Mudge , Amy L. Rohe , Duane J. Mauney , Floyd E. Boone, Jr. , James Miller Rosenthal , Jonathan Louis Stern , Kevin M. Green , Leslie Wharton , Michael R. Geske , Ryan David Guilds , Sharon L. Taylor , Arnold & Porter LLP, Christopher J. Cullen , Jay L. Levine , Matthew A. Campbell , Robert M. Rader , Anastasia G. Weis , Timothy M. Broas , Winston & Strawn LLP, Beth A. Wilkinson , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Murray R. Garnick , Altria Corporate Services, Inc., Noel John Francisco , Geoffrey Kres Beach , Patrick Lee Hubbard , Paul Sommer Ryerson , Peter Biersteker , Robert Francis McDermott, Jr. , Jones Day, Thomas M. Stimson , Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Miguel A. Estrada , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Dawn D. Marchant , John Kevin Dolan Crisham , Karen McCartan DeSantis , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Paul Lamont McDonald , Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, William Charles Hendricks, III , King & Spalding, Michael Asher Schlanger , Clausen Jr. Ely , James Alexander Goold , Joseph Andrew Kresse , Keith Allen Teel , Covington & Burling LLP, Arnon D. Siegel , Dechert, LLP, Lawrence Saul Robbins , Roy T. Englert, Jr. , Alan Untereiner , Benjamin C. Rubinstein , Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP, Bruce G. Merritt , Kevin C. Lombardi , Steven Klugman , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Judah Best , Steven S. Michaels , Leboeuf, Lamb, Greene & Macrae LLP, Jessica L. Zellner , William M. Bailey , William S. D'Amico , Washington, DC, Dan K. Webb , Elizabeth D. Jensen , Jeffrey Wagner , Kevin J. Narko , Ricardo E. Ugarte , Thomas J. Frederick , Winston & Strawn, Renee D. Honigberg , David M. Bernick , Douglas G. Smith , Michelle H. Browdy , Steven D. McCormick , Andrew P. Bautista , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Chicago, IL, Ashley Cummings , Hunton & Williams, Dan H. Willoughby , Leign Ann Dowden , King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, Ben M. Germana , Herbert M. Wachtell, Jeffrey M. Wintner , Steven M. Barna , Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Bradley E. Lerman , Lauren J. Bernstein , David E. Mollon , Winston & Strawn, James Lewis Brochin , Theodore V. Wells, Jr. , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, Demetra Frawley , Mary Elizabeth McGarry , Michael V. Corrigan , Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, David Runtz , Joseph P. Moodhe , Debevoise & Plimpton, Dennis H. Hranitzky , Dechert, LLP, Guy Miller Struve , Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Harold K. Gordon , Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Lawrence Edward Savell , C. Ian Anderson , Bruce G. Sheffler , David L. Wallace , Garyowen P. Morrisroe , Timothy M. Hughes , New York, NY, Cindy L. Gantnier , Christy L. Henderson , Michele B. Scarponi , Jason T. Jacoby , Patricia M. Schwarzschild , Richard H. Burton , Andrew Maher , Allens Arthur Robinson , Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, Daniel C. Jordan , Hunton & Williams, Peter Thomas Grossi, Jr. , Arnold & Porter, McLean, VA, Jeanna Maria Beck , Arnold & Porter, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Seth Barrett Tillman Wilkes Barre, PA, Michael B. Minton , Bruce D. Ryder , J. William Newbold , James M. Cox , Ann Elizabeth Blackwell , Thompson Coburn LLP, Melissa Marglous Merlin , Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP, St. Louis, MO, Elizabeth P. Kessler , Ivan C. Smith , Scott C. Walker , Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Columbus, OH, Lisa M. Sheppard , R. Michael Leonard , Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, Winston-Salem, NC, Nicholas N. Nierengarten , Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, PA, Minneapolis, MN, Paul Crist , Randal S. Baringer , Robert C. Weber , David B. Alden , Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, Paige Q. Szajnuk , Thomas A. Duncan , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, F. John Nyhan , Fredericks Peebles & Morgan LLP, Sacramento, CA, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

GLADYS KESSLER, District Judge.

This civil action brought by the United States under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968, is now before the Court on Defendant's Motion for Vacatur [Dkt. No. 5880]. Upon consideration of the Motion, Oppositions, Reply, and the entire record herein, and for the reasons stated below, Defendants' Motion for Vacatur is denied....

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