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IN RE SIMON II LITIGATION

No. 00-CV-5332.

212 F.Supp.2d 53 (2002)

In re SIMON II LITIGATION.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

July 11, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weitz & Luxenberg, New York City, by Perry Weitz, Robert J. Gordon, Jerry Kristal, Richard L. Akel, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann, & Bernstein, New York City, by Steven E. Fineman, Thomas M. Sobol, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann, & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, by Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Richard M. Heimann, Robert J. Nelson, Sporwood Wilner Maciejewski & Matthews, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida, by Norwood Wilner, Wait, Chesley, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley, Cincinnati, Ohio, by Stanley Chesley, Brown Rudnick Freed & Gesmer, Boston, MA, by Gregory T. Carnold, Wayne F. Dennison, Sheller Ludwig & Badley, Philadelphia, PA, by Charles Mangan, for plaintiff in Simon I & Simon II.

Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, P.C., Baltimore, MD, by Joshua Kassner, John Angelos, O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue, Washington, D.C., for National Asbestos.

Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, New York City, by Melvyn I. Weiss, Beth A. Kaswan, Michael C. Spencer, for Bergeron.

Dewey Ballantine, LLP, New York City, by Paul J. Bschorr, Vincent R. FitzPatrick, Jr., Michael Hefter, Heather K. McDevitt, Dewey Ballantine, LLP, Washington, DC, by Martha J. Talley, for Blue Cross, et al.

The Cuneo Law Group, Washington, D.C., by Jonathon W. Cuneo, Hutton & Hutton, Wichita, KS, by Mark B. Hutton, Derek S. Casey, Chan P. Townsley, Richardson & Ward, Tulsa, OK, by Gary Richardson, for Mason, et al.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, New York City, by Peter A. Bicks, James L. Stengel, Thompson, McNaboe, Ashley & Bull, LLC, P.A., Portland, MA, by Thomas R. McNaboe, Kazan, McClain, Edises, Simon & Abrams, Steven Kazan, Oakland, CA, for Raymark.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, New York City, by Kevin J. Dunne, Eric M. Kraus, Kirkland & Ellis, New York City, by Marjorie P. Lindblom, David Bernick, Andrew R. McGaan, Deirdre A. Fox, Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar, LLP, Boston, MA, by U. Gwyn Williams, for Brown & Williamson.

Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, New York City, by Harold Keith Gordon, Byron G. Stier, George Kostolampros, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, by Theodore M. Grossman, Hugh R. Witing, Mark A. Belasic, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, D.C., by Robert H. Klonoff, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, TX, by Jerome R. Doak, Margaret I. Lyle, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, NC, by Ursula M. Henninger, for R.J. Reynolds.

Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York City, by Alan Mansfield, Robert J. Kirshenberg, Stephen L. Saxl, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, MO., by William L. Allinder, Lori Connors McGroder, for Lorillard Tobacco.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, by Michael V. Corrigan, Joseph M. McLauglin, Ronald M. Neuman, Adam I. Stein, for BAT Industries, p.l.c.

Chadbourne & Parke, LLP, New York City, by Donald J. Strauber, David A. Wallace, Daniel Endick, for BATCO.

Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, by Peter Bleakley, Murray R. Garnick, David S. Eggert, Eric Suter, Dechert Price & Rhoads, New York City, by Peter L. Critchell, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, Washington, DC, by John B. Williams, Thomas W. Mitchell, Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar, Boston, MA, by Kenneth J. Parsigian, Paul E. Namser, for Philip Morris.

Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, by Anne E. Cohen, Harry Zirlin, Steven S. Michaels, Council for Tobacco Research USA, Inc.

Davis & Gilbert, LLP, New York City, by Bruce J. Ginsberg, for Hill & Knowlton.

Seward & Kissel, LLP, New York City, by Jacob Horowitz, for Tobacco Institute.

Jacob, Medinger & Finnegan, New York City, by Bryan A. McKenna, for Smokeless Tobacco.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, by Arthur H. Aizley, Eric S. Sarner, for U.S. Tobacco.

Kasowtiz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, New York City, by Leonard A. Feiwus, for Liggett.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER (MASON)

WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.

I. Introduction

Plaintiffs move (1) for class certification under Rule 23, and (2) to sever from the Simon II litigation. Defendants move to transfer the case to the District of Columbia. The motion to sever is granted. The motion to transfer is denied. The motion for class certification will be considered when the court considers a motion to dismiss.

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