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STATE EX REL. BULLOCK v. PHILIP MORRIS

No. DA 07-0299.

217 P.3d 475 (2009)

2009 MT 261

352 Mont. 30

STATE of Montana, ex rel. Steve BULLOCK, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC., et al., Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided August 5, 2009.

Order Denying Rehearing September 10, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellant: David R. Paoli, John A. Kutzman, Paoli, Latino & Kutzman, P.C., Missoula, Montana.

For Appellee Philip Morris USA Inc.: J. Daniel Hoven, Sara S. Berg, Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry & Hoven, P.C., Helena, Montana.

For Appellees R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Lorillard Tobacco Company: William Evan Jones, Lawrence F. Daly, Charles E. Hansberry, Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, PLLP, Missoula, Montana.

For Appellees Certain Subsequent Participating Manufacturers: Sean M. Morris, Worden Thane P.C., Missoula, Montana, Robert J. Brookhiser, Elizabeth B. McCallum, Howrey LLP, Washington, D.C.

Justice JAMES C. NELSON delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 The State of Montana appeals from an order entered by the First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County, granting the motion of Philip Morris USA Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and Lorillard Tobacco Company to compel arbitration. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 This appeal arises out of litigation that began in 1997, when the State...

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