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ROMERO v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC.

No. 26,993.

203 P.3d 873 (2008)

2009-NMCA-022

Beatrice C. ROMERO, and Michael Ferree, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.; Lorillard Tobacco Co.; Liggett Group, Inc.; and Brooke Group, Ltd., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Granted, No. 31,433, February 27, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shane C. Youtz, Youtz & Valdez, P.C., Albuquerque, NM, Daniel Cohen, Jonathan W. Cuneo, Cuneo Gilbert & Laduca, L.L.P., Megan Jones, Michael D. Hausfeld, Paul Gallagher, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, Gordon Ball, Law Offices of Gordon Ball, Knoxville, TN, for Appellants.

Sarah M. Singleton, Andrew S. Montgomery, Kenneth Chernof, Montgomery & Andrews, P.A., Santa Fe, NM, Andrew G. Schultz, Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., Patricia G. Williams, Wiggins, Williams & Wiggins, P.C., Eric R. Burris, Amy J. Diaz, Brownstein, Hyatt & Farber, P.C., Albuquerque, NM, Colin R. Kass, Kirkland & Ellis L.L.P., Holly E. Loiseau, Cleveland Lawrence III, Peter D. Isakoff, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, L.L.P., Edwin L. Fountain, William V. O'Reilly, Thomas F. Cullen, Jr., Washington, DC, Irving Scher, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, L.L.P., David Boies, Jack O. Stern, Amy J. Mauser, Boies, Schiller & Flexner, L.L.P., Leonard A. Fiewus, Julie R. Fischer, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, L.L.P., New York, NY, Stephen R. Patton, Andrew R. McGaan, Barack S. Echols, Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, James F. Speyer, Arnold & Porter, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for Appellees.

OPINION

ALARID, Judge.

{1} This is an appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants on Plaintiffs' claim that Defendants engaged in an unlawful conspiracy to fix the prices of cigarettes sold in New Mexico. We affirm the summary judgment in favor of Defendants Liggett and Lorillard; we reverse the summary judgment in favor of Defendants Philip Morris, Brown & Williamson, and R.J. Reynolds.

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