STATE of NEW MEXICO, ex rel. GARY K. KING, ATTORNEY GENERAL of the State of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
The AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Court of Appeals of New Mexico.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 3, 2008.
September 3, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Gary K. King, Attorney General, David K. Thomson, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellant.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, P.C., Adam E. Lyons, Albuquerque, NM, Howrey L.L.P., Robert J. Brookhiser, Elizabeth B. McCallum, Washington, D.C., for Appellee Subsequent Participating Manufacturers.
Montgomery & Andrews, P.A., Sarah M. Singleton, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellee Philip Morris USA, Inc.
Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., Andrew G. Schultz, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Lorillard Tobacco Co.
Court of Appeals of New Mexico.
OPINION
BUSTAMANTE, Judge.
{1} This case is one among many suits filed across the nation by state attorneys general regarding a comprehensive settlement agreement into which the states entered with various tobacco manufacturers. The settlement agreement requires the manufacturers to make annual payments to the states in exchange for a release of state claims against the manufacturers. However, the settlement agreement provides the manufacturers...
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