IN RE LIGHT CIGARETTES MARKETING SALES PRACTICES

MDL Docket No. 1-09-MD-2068.

751 F.Supp.2d 176 (2010)

In re LIGHT CIGARETTES MARKETING SALES PRACTICES LITIGATION.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

May 26, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold M. Hewell , Hewell Law Firm, Alan M. Mansfield , Consumer Law Group, San Diego, CA, Joe R. Whatley, Jr. , Whatley Drake Kallas , New York, NY, Nicholas B. Roth , Eyster, Key, Tubb, Roth, Middleton & Adams, LLP, Decatur, AL, Howard Weil Rubinstein , Law Office of Howard Weil Rubinstein, Aspen, CO, Samuel W. Lanham, Jr. , Lanham Blackwell, P.A., Bangor, ME, Sara D. Avila , Wayne S. Kreger , Milstein Adelman & Kreger LLP, Santa Monica, CA, for Plaintiff, Miles Tyrer.

Ben Barnow , Blake A. Strautins , Erich P. Schork , Sharon Harris , Barnow & Associates, P.C., James R. Rowe , Larry D. Drury Larry D. Drury Ltd., Chicago, IL, Samuel W. Lanham, Jr. , Lanham Black-well, P.A., Bangor, ME, for Plaintiff, Leonardo Biundo.

Andres F. Alonso , David Bruce Krangle , Jerrold S. Parker , Parker Waichman & Alonso, LLP, Great Neck, N.Y. Michael A. London , Douglas & London, P.C., New York, NY, Scott W. Weinstein , Morgan & Morgan, P.A., Fort Meyers, FL, Peter J. Cambs , Parker Waichman Alonso LLP, Bonita Springs, FL, Samuel W. Lanham, Jr. , Lanham Blackwell, P.A. Bangor, ME, Plaintiff, Bryant Tang.

Joe R. Whatley, Jr. , Whatley Drake Kallas , Nicholas B. Roth , Eyster, Key, Tubb, Roth, Middleton & Adams, LLP, Stuart E. Nahas , Zraick, Nahas & Rich, New York, NY, Alan M. Mansfield , Consumer Law Group, San Diego, CA, Samuel W. Lanham, Jr. , Lanham Blackwell, P.A., Bangor, ME, Sara D. Avila , Wayne S. Kreger , Milstein Adelman & Kreger LLP, Santa Monica, CA, for Plaintiff, Kathryn Domaingue.

Gerard V. Mantese , Mark C. Rossman , Mantese and Associates, P.C. Troy, MI, Samuel W. Lanham, Jr. , Lanham Blackwell, P.A., Bangor, ME, for Plaintiff, Stephanie Good.

Gerard V. Mantese , Mark C. Rossman , Mantese and Associates, P.C. Troy, MI, Samuel W. Lanham, Jr. , Lanham Blackwell, P.A., Bangor, ME, for Plaintiff, Lori A. Spellman.

Gerard V. Mantese , Mark C. Rossman , Mantese and Associates, P.C. Troy, MI, Samuel W. Lanham, Jr. , Lanham Blackwell, P.A., Bangor, ME, for plaintiff, Allain L. Thibodeau.

John Eddie Williams , Williams, Kherkher, Hart, Boundas, LLP, Grant Kaiser , Kaiser Firm LLP, Houston, TX, Thomas P. Thrash , Thrash Law Firm, Little Rock , AR, Walter Umphrey , Provost Umphrey Law Firm, LLP, Beaumont, TX, Samuel W. Lanham, Jr. , Lanham Blackwell, P.A., Bangor, ME, for Plaintiff, David Hunter Williams.

John W. Barrett , Don Barrett, P.A., Lexington, MS, Samuel W. Lanham, Jr. , Lanham Blackwell, P.A., Bangor, ME, for Plaintiff, Carolyn C. Mirick.

Gerard V. Mantese , Mark C. Rossman , Mantese and Associates, P.C. Troy, MI, William S. Ferguson , Deena B. Beard , Will Ferguson & Associates, Albuquerque, NM, Samuel W. Lanham, Jr. , Lanham Blackwell, P.A., Bangor, ME, for Plaintiff, Harrison Mulford, III.

Gerard V. Mantese , Mark C. Rossman , Mantese and Associates, P.C. Troy, MI, William S. Ferguson , Deena B. Beard , Will Ferguson & Associates, Albuquerque, NM, Samuel W. Lanham, Jr. , Lanham Blackwell, P.A., Bangor, ME, for Plaintiff, Rhonda Newby.

Gerard V. Mantese , Mark C. Rossman , Mantese and Associates, P.C. Troy, MI, William S. Ferguson , Deena B. Beard , Will Ferguson & Associates, Albuquerque, NM, Samuel W. Lanham, Jr. , Lanham Blackwell, P.A., Bangor, ME, for Plaintiff, Corey Fox.

Gerard V. Mantese , Mark C. Rossman , Mantese and Associates, P.C. Troy, MI, William S. Ferguson , Deena B. Beard , Will Ferguson & Associates, Albuquerque, NM, Samuel W. Lanham, Jr. , Lanham Blackwell, P.A., Bangor, ME, for Plaintiff, Richard Deluna.

Samuel W. Lanham, Jr. , Lanham Blackwell, P.A., Bangor, ME, for Plaintiff, all Plaintiffs.

David J. Syrios , Ademi & O'Reilly LLP, Cudahy, WI, for Plaintiff, Charles Wyatt.

Charles F. Barrett , Barrett & Associates, P.A., Nashville, TN, Samuel W. Lanham, Jr. , Lanham Blackwell, P.A., Bangor, ME, for Plaintiff, Carol Corse.

Dianne M. Nast , Roda Nast, P.C, Lancaster, PA Leonard V. Fodera , Michael P. Lalli , Silverman & Fodera, Philadelphia, PA, Samuel W. Lanham, Jr. , Lanham Blackwell, P.A., Bangor, ME, for Plaintiff, Melanie Haubrich.

Karen J. Marcus , Finkelstein Thompson LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff, Aubrey Parsons.

Karen J. Marcus , Finkelstein Thompson LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff, Alexander Slater.

Reed Gillmor Bowman , Morris Bart LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff, Bryan Cabbat.

David E. Kouba , James M. Rosenthal , Judith Bernstein-Gaeta , Michael S. Tye , Arnold & Porter, LLP, John H. Beisner , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC David Friederich Maron Baker , Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C, Jackson, MS, George Carter Lombardi , Jeffrey Mark Wagner , Kevin Anthony Banasik , Winston & Strawn, LLP, Chicago, IL H. Peter Del Bianco, Jr. , John F. Lambert, Jr. , Lambert Coffin , Portland, ME, Kenneth J. Parsigian , Goodwin Proctor LLP, Boston, MA, Mark P. Pifko , Arnold & Porter, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Nancy Gordon Milburn , Philip H. Curtis , Arnold & Porter LLP, New York, NY, Rick T. Beard , Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, PLLC, Little Rock, AR, Robert Dale Grimes , Bass Berry Sims PLC, Nashville, TN, Steven B. Weisburd , Dechert LLP, Austin, TX, Will W. Sachse , Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant, Philip Morris USA Inc.

David C. King , Rudman & Winchell, Bangor, ME, David J. Noonan , Kirby Noonan Lance and Hoge LLP, San Diego, CA, Frances E. Bivens,   Guy Miller Struve , Ross B. Galin , Davis Polk & Wardwell, Philip H. Curtis , Arnold & Porter LLP, New York, NY, Richard E. Olson , Stuart D. Shanor , Hinkle, Hensley, Shanor & Martin, LLP, Roswell, NM, for Defendant, Altria Group Inc.


ORDER ON PHILIP MORRIS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON PLAINTIFFS' CLAIMS FOR PURCHASES AFTER DECEMBER 1, 2002

JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., Chief Judge.

Occasionally, the law's logic leads to peculiar positions. To succeed on its motion for summary judgment, Philip Morris USA, Inc. (PM) must accept the Plaintiffs' premise that it spent decades lying to the consuming public about the health effects of its light cigarettes,1 but it urges...

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