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PTI, INC. v. PHILIP MORRIS INC.

No. CV 99-8235 NM (EX).

100 F.Supp.2d 1179 (2000)

PTI, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

May 25, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel R. Bennett, Matthew J. Fairshter, Timothy L. Hayes, Bennett & Fairshter, Pasadena, CA, for plaintiffs.

John Joseph Quinn, Jr., James F. Speyer, John D. Lombardo, Arnold & Porter, Los Angeles, CA, Mark R. Merley, Douglas L. Wald, Michael Yeh, Mark J. Montano, Anne M. Walker, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, for Philip Morris Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Inc.

Tony L. Richardson, Adam Joshua Chester, Los Angeles, CA, Peter A. Bellacosa, Kirkland & Ellis, New York City, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. and Lane Limited.

Jeffrey M. Shohet, Maria R. Acker, Gray, Cary, Ware & Freidenrich, San Diego, CA, Jeffrey S. Nelson, Joseph A. Lanahan, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, for Lorillard Tobacco Co.

Gouglas L. Carden, Floey & Lardner, Los Angeles, CA, Bernard J. Rosenthal, Gilbert, Segall & Young, New York City, for Japan Tobacco Int'l USA, Inc.

Robert E. Boone, III, Jennifer A. Jackson, Bryan Cave, Santa Monica, CA, Robert W. Shely, Rodney W. Ott, Phoenix, AZ, for Lignum-2, Inc.

P. John Owen, William M. Modrcin, Morrison & Hecker, ZKansas City, MO, Meryl Macklin, Cohen & Grigsby, Pittsburg, PA, John W. Amberg, Adam J. Thurston, Santa Monica, CA, for The Medallion Co., Inc. and Premier Marketing, Inc.

Donald S. Urrabazo, Proskauer Rose, Martha E. Gifford, Los Angeles, CA, for Societe D'Nationale D'Exploitation Industrialle Des Tabacs Et Allumettes.

Bruce L. Ishimatsu, Santa Monica, CA, Bradford C. Berge, Campbell, Carr, Berge & Sheridan, Santa Fe, NM, for Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co., Inc.

John Y. Yoon, Lee & Hong, Los Angeles, CA, Robert J. Lane, Jr., Hodgson, Russ, Andrews, Woods & Goodyear, Buffalo, NY, for Kingmaker Marketing, Inc.

Dennis Eckhart, CAAG-Office of Atty., General of Calif., Sacramento, CA, Emily B. Myers, Nat'l Assoc. of Attys. General, Washington, DC, for Nat'l Assoc. of Atty. Generals.

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS' FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

MANELLA, District Judge.

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Introduction

In November 1998, the five major domestic tobacco companies1 entered into a contract, termed the Master Settlement Agreement ("MSA"), with representatives of forty-six states, the District of Columbia, and five territories.2 Pursuant to the MSA, the states agreed...

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