R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. v. PHILIP MORRIS INC.

Nos. Civ.1:99CV00185, Civ.1:99CV00207, Civ.1:99CV00232.

199 F.Supp.2d 362 (2002)

R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED, Defendant. Lorillard Tobacco Company, Plaintiff, v. Philip Morris Incorporated, Defendant. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Plaintiff, v. Philip Morris Incorporated, Defendant.

United States District Court, M.D. North Carolina.

May 1, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel R. Taylor, Jr., Kilpatrick Stockton, L.L.P., Winston-Salem, NC, Darryl R. Marsch, Winston-Salem, NC, Mark Andrew Stafford, Kilpatrick Stockton, L.L.P., Winston-Salem, NC, Randolph S. Sherman, Michael Malina, David S. Copeland, Eric Aaronson, Kaye Scholer, L.L.P., New York City, Richard M. Cooper, Steven R. Kuney, John E. Schmidtlein, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, for R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Jonathan Heyl, Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, LLP, Greensboro, NC, Larry B. Sitton, Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, Greensboro, NC, Amy Bogart Ostrander, Greenbert Traurig, Washington, DC, Matthew W. Sawchak, Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, Raleigh, NC, Jerome I. Chapman, Hadrian R. Katz, Richard L. Rosen, L. Elizabeth Bowles, Amy E. Ralph, Anne P. Davis, Kendall Millard Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, David Boies, Stephen R. Neuwirth, Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Armonk, NY, Jonathan D. Schiller, Michael A. Brille, Samuel C. Kaplan, Boies Schiller & Flexner, Washington, DC, William Todd Thomas, Boies Schiller & Flexner, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Stuart H. Singer, Boies Schiller & Flexner, Hollywood, FL, Gregory Gerald Holland, Robert R. Marcus, Smith Moore, L.L.P., Greensboro, NC, for Philip Morris Inc.

John M. Deangelis, Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard, Greensboro, NC, James T. Williams, Jr., Jennifer Van Zant, Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard, Greensboro, NC, Irving Scher, Bruce S. Meyer, August T. Horvath, Weil Gotshal & Manges, LLP, New York City, for Lorillard Tobacco Company.

Norwood Robinson, Robinson & Lawing, Winston-Salem, NC, Michael Lindsay Robinson, Winston-Salem, NC, Robert B. Bell, Wiley Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC, Ronald S. Rolfe, Victor L. Hou, Sara Darehshori, Cravath Swaine & Moore, New York City, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BULLOCK, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in these consolidated cases, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ("RJR"), Lorillard Tobacco Company ("Lorillard"), and Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. ("B & W") (collectively "Plaintiffs") seek injunctive and declaratory relief and damages for alleged violations of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1 and 2 (federal claims), and North Carolina General Statutes §...

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