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GUIDRY v. U.S. TOBACCO CO., INC.

No. 97-30897.

188 F.3d 619 (1999)

Charles GUIDRY; Charlene Guidry, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES Tobacco Company, Inc., et al., Defendants, Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc.; Smokeless Tobacco Research Council, Inc.; Tobacco Institute, Inc.; Council for Tobacco Research—USA, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 14, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wells Talbot Watson, Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Allen L. Smith, Jr., Plauche, Smith & Nieset, Benjamin W. Mount, Lake Charles, LA, for Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc.

Richard Berchmann Cappel, L. Paul Foreman, Raggio, Cappel, Chozen & Berniard, Lake Charles, LA, for Smokeless Tobacco Research Council, Inc.

Alan H. Goodman, Thomas Mente Benjamin, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, LA, for Tobacco Institute, Inc.

David H. Nelson, Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh, Monroe, LA, for Council for Tobacco Research USA, Inc.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, POLITZ and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

DENNIS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-Appellants Charles and Charlene Guidry appeal from the district court's dismissal, for lack of personal jurisdiction, of their civil actions against Defendants-Appellees, Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc.; Smokeless Tobacco Research Council, Inc.; Tobacco Institute, Inc.; and, Council for Tobacco Research— USA, Inc. Concluding that the plaintiffs have established a prima facie showing of personal jurisdiction sufficient to avoid...

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