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CURTIS v. ALTRIA GROUP, INC.

No. A10-215.

792 N.W.2d 836 (2010)

Gregory CURTIS, et al., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. ALTRIA GROUP, INC., Respondent, Philip Morris, Inc., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

December 28, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kay Nord Hunt , Ehrich L. Koch , Valerie Sims , Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King & Stageberg, P.A., Minneapolis, MN; and Stephen A. Sheller , Sheller, P.C., Philadelphia, PA; and Martha K. Wivell , Sheller, P.C., Cook, MN; and Esther E. Berezofsky , Williams, Cuker, Berezofsky, Cherry Hill, NJ, for appellants.

Guy Miller Struve , Justin Goodyear , Davis Polk & Wardwell, L.L.P., New York, NY; and William P. Studer , David P. Graham , Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for respondent Altria Group.

George W. Soule , Nathan J. Marcusen , Bowman and Brooke, L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN; and Mary Vasaly , Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN; and Gregory P. Stone , Randall G. Sommer , Munger, Tolles & Olson, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for respondent Philip Morris.

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, Benjamin J. Velzen , Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, for amicus curiae State of Minnesota.

Prentiss Cox , Minneapolis, MN, for amicus curiae Tobacco Control Legal Consortium.

Charles A. Bird , Bird, Jacobsen & Stevens, P.C., Rochester, MN, for amicus curiae Minnesota Association for Justice.

Scott A. Smith , Nilan Johnson Lewis P.A., Minneapolis, MN; and John H. Beisner , Jessica Davidson Miller , Geoffrey M. Wyatt , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P, Washington, D.C.; and Robin S. Conrad , Amar D. Sarwal , National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Considered and decided by STONEBURNER, Presiding Judge; KLAPHAKE, Judge; and WORKE, Judge.

OPINION

STONEBURNER, Judge.

In 2001, appellants sued respondents Altria Group Inc. (Altria) (formerly Philip Morris Companies Inc.) and Philip Morris Incorporated (Philip Morris) under Minn. Stat. § 8.31, subd. 3a,1 seeking damages and other relief, individually and on behalf of a class, alleging false advertising, consumer fraud, and deceptive trade practices regarding "light" cigarettes in violation of Minnesota consumer...

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