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BARRERAS RUIZ v. AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.

Civil No. 96-2300 (JAF).

977 F.Supp. 545 (1997)

Carmen N. BARRERAS RUIZ, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

September 9, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jorge Ortiz-Brunet, Ortiz-Toro & Ortiz-Brunet, San Juan, PR, Alvaro R. Calderon, Jr., San Juan, PR, for Plaintiff.

Manuel A. Guzman-Rodiguez, McConnell Valdes, San Juan, PR, Heriberto J. Burgos-Perez, Salvador Antonetti-Zequeira, Fiddler Gonzalez & Rodiguez, San Juan, PR, Francisco A. Besosa, Axtmayer, Adsuar, Muñiz & Goyco, San Juan, PR, Hector Reichard, Jr., Lasa, Escalara & Reichard, San Juan, PR, William A. Graffam, Jimenez, Graffam & Lausell, San Juan, PR, Richard M. Kirby, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Atlanta, GA, Laura C. Fey, Gary R. Long, Craig E. Gustafson, Shook, Hardy and Bacon, L.L.P., Kansas City, MO, for Defendants.

ORDER

FUSTE, District Judge.

The Tobacco Institute moves for reconsideration or for certification for interlocutory appeal in response to this court's denial of their motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. See Barreras Ruiz v. The American Tobacco Company, 964 F.Supp. 613 (D.P.R. 1997). The Tobacco Institute argues that in our analysis we erred thrice. Our first error, it argues, was our alleged failure...

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