REPUBLIC OF PANAMA, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
The AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY INC; et al., Defendants, and
Fortune Brands Inc., formerly known as American Brands Inc; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; RJR Nabisco Inc.; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, individually and as successor by merger to The American Tobacco Company; Batus Incorporated; Batus Holdings Incorporated; Philip Morris Inc.; Philip Morris Companies, Inc.; Lorillard Tobacco Co.; Lorillard Incorporated; Loews Corporation; The Tobacco Institute Inc.; Quaglino Tobacco and Candy Company, Inc.; J&R Vending Services, Inc.; Ligget Group Inc., Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 17, 2000.
July 17, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
George J. Fowler, III, Rice, Fowler, Kingsmill, Vance, Flint & Rodriguez, New Orleans, LA, Conrad S.P. Williams, III (argued), Michael X. St. Martin, Joseph G. Jevic, Timothy C. Ellender, Jr., St. Martin & Williams Law Firm, Houma, LA, Calvin Clifford Fayard, Jr., Denham Springs, LA, Mary Lou Rodon-Alvarez, Schreiber & Rondon-Alvarez, Coral Gables, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Kenneth Nathan Bass, Leigh Ann Hyer, Daryl Langdon Joseffer, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, Carmelite M. Bertaut, William F. Grace, Jr., Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, LA, for Fortune Brands, Inc., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Batus, Inc. and Batus Holdings, Inc.
Phillip A. Wittmann, Stephen H. Kupperman, Dorothy Hudson Wimberly, Stone Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, New Orleans, LA, Robert F. McDermott, Jr., Paul Sommer Ryerson, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and RJR Nabisco, Inc.
Deborah B. Rouen, Jeffrey Edward Richardson, Charles F. Gay, Jr., Robert N. Markle, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, LA, Herbert Maurice Wachtell (argued), David Gruenstein, Ben M. Germana, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, for Philip Morris, Inc. and Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
Alan H. Goodman, Thomas Mente Benjamin, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, LA, for The Tobacco Institute, Inc.
Thomas P. Anzelmo, Sr., Catherine Michelle Williams, Campbell, McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo & Hardy, Metairie, LA, for Quaglino Tobacco and Candy Company, Inc. and J&R Vending Services, Inc.
Before EMILIO M. GARZA, DeMOSS and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:
The defendants appeal the district court's denial of their motion to recuse, the denial of their motion for a stay of proceedings, and the grant of the plaintiff's motion to remand the present action to state court. For the following reasons we reverse.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In October 1998, The Republic of Panama ("Panama") filed the present underlying action in Louisiana state court. Panama alleges that...
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