UNITED STATES v. PHILIP MORRIS USA INC.

Civil Action No. 99-2496 (PLF).

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

October 1, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 42 U.S.C. § 1395
Cause: 42 U.S.C. § 1395 HHS: Adverse Reimbursement Review
Nature of Suit: 890 Other Statutory Actions
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, United States Department of Justice, Plaintiff, represented by Daniel K. Crane-Hirsch , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Consumer Protection Branch Civil Division & Linda Margaret McMahon , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Civil Division, Fraud Section.

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION, AMERICANS FOR NONSMOKERS' RIGHTS, NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN TOBACCO PREVENTION NETWORK & TOBACCO-FREE KIDS ACTION FUND, Intervenor Plaintiffs, represented by Christina S. Marshall , ANDERSON & KREIGER LLP & Scott P. Lewis , ANDERSON & KREIGER LLP, pro hac vice.

PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., Formerly known as Philip Morris Incorporated, Defendant, represented by Alfred McDonnell , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Amy Elizabeth Ralph-Mudge , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Amy L. Rohe , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Anastasia G. Weis , BREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP, Ashley Cummings , HUNTON & WILLIAMS, Ben M. Germana , WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ, Bradley E. Lerman , WINSTON & STRAWN, C. Ian Anderson , CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, Christopher J. Cullen , WINSTON & STRAWN, Cindy L. Gantnier , HUNTON & WILLIAMS, Dan K. Webb , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP, pro hac vice, Daniel Church Jordan , U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION, Duane J. Mauney , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Elizabeth D. Jensen , WINSTON & STRAWN, Floyd Elwood Boone, Jr. , BOWLES RICE LLP, Herbert M. Wachtell , WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ, James Lewis Brochin , PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP, James Miller Rosenthal , WILKINSON WALSH + ESKOVITZ LLP, Jay L. Levine , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP, Jeanna Maria Beck , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Jeffrey Wagner , WINSTON & STRAWN, Jeffrey M. Wintner , WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ, Jonathan Louis Stern , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Kevin M. Green , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Kevin J. Narko , WINSTON & STRAWN, Lauren J. Bernstein , WINSTON & STRAWN, Leslie Wharton , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Matthew A. Campbell , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP, Melissa Marglous Merlin , HUSCH BLACKWELL SANDERS LLP, Michael R. Geske , CAUSE OF ACTION INSTITUTE, Murray R. Garnick , ALTRIA GROUP, INC., Patricia M. Schwarzschild , HUNTON & WILLIAMS, Peter Thomas Grossi, Jr. , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Ricardo E. Ugarte , WINSTON & STRAWN, Richard H. Burton , HUNTON & WILLIAMS, Robert M. Rader , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP, Ryan David Guilds , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Seth Barrett Tillman , MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY Department of Law, Sharon L. Taylor , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Steven M. Barna , WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ, Theodore V. Wells, Jr. , PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP, Thomas M. Stimson , CADWALADER, WICKERSHAM & TAFT LLP, Timothy M. Broas , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP, Amir Cameron Tayrani , GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER, LLP, Anand Agneshwar , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, pro hac vice, Andrew Maher , ALLENS ARTHUR ROBINSON, Cheryl Grissom Ragsdale , HUNTON & WILLIAMS, Christy L. Henderson , HUNTON & WILLIAMS, David E. Mollon , WINSTON & STRAWN, Lawrence Edward Savell , HERBERT SMITH NEW YORK LLP, Michael B. Minton , THOMPSON COBURN, LLP, Michele B. Scarponi , HUNTON & WILLIAMS, Miguel A. Estrada , GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER, LLP, Renee D. Honigberg , KIRKLAND & ELLIS, LLP, Thomas J. Frederick , WINSTON & STRAWN, George C. Lombardi , WINSTON & STRAWN, LLP & Jessica L. Zellner .

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Defendant, represented by David B. Alden , JONES, DAY, REAVIS & POGUE, Elizabeth P. Kessler , JONES, DAY, REAVIS & POGUE, Geoffrey Kres Beach , WOMBLE, CARLYLE, SANDRIDGE & RICE, LLP, Harold K. Gordon , JONES, DAY, REAVIS & POGUE, Ivan C. Smith , JONES DAY REAVIS & POGUE, Lisa M. Sheppard , WOMBLE, CARLYLE, SANDRIDGE & RICE, PLLC, Nicholas N. Nierengarten , GRAY, PLANT, MOOTY, MOOTY & BENNETT, PA., Patrick Lee Hubbard , JONES DAY, Paul Crist , JONES, DAY, REAVIS & POGUE, Paul Sommer Ryerson , JONES DAY, Peter Biersteker , JONES DAY, Randal S. Baringer , JONES, DAY, REAVIS & POGUE, Robert M. Rader , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP, Robert C. Weber , JONES, DAY, REAVIS & POGUE, Scott C. Walker , JONES, DAY, REAVIS & POGUE, William M. Bailey , Jeffrey A. Mandell , STAFFORD ROSENBAUM LLP, Lawrence Edward Savell , HERBERT SMITH NEW YORK LLP, Michael B. Minton , THOMPSON COBURN, LLP, R. Michael Leonard , WOMBLE, CARLYLE, SANDRIDGE & RICE, PLLC, pro hac vice, Renee D. Honigberg , KIRKLAND & ELLIS, LLP, Jessica L. Zellner & Timothy M. Broas , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP.

BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION, Directly and as successor by merger to AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, Defendant, represented by Dan H. Willoughby , KING & SPALDING, David M. Bernick , KIRKLAND & ELLIS, Dawn D. Marchant , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Douglas G. Smith , KIRKLAND & ELLIS, John Kevin Dolan Crisham , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Karen McCartan DeSantis , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Leign Ann Dowden , KING & SPALDING, Michelle H. Browdy , KIRKLAND & ELLIS, Paul Lamont McDonald , VALOREM LAW GROUP, Robert M. Rader , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP, Steven D. McCormick , KIRKLAND & ELLIS, William Charles Hendricks, III , KING & SPALDING, Andrew P. Bautista , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, pro hac vice, Lawrence Edward Savell , HERBERT SMITH NEW YORK LLP, Michael B. Minton , THOMPSON COBURN, LLP, Renee D. Honigberg , KIRKLAND & ELLIS, LLP, Jessica L. Zellner & Timothy M. Broas , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP.

LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY, Defendant, represented by Bruce D. Ryder , THOMPSON COBURN LLP, J. William Newbold , THOMPSON COBURN LLP, James M. Cox , THOMPSON & COBURN, LLP, Michael B. Minton , THOMPSON COBURN, LLP, Robert M. Rader , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP, Ann Elizabeth Blackwell , THOMPSON COBURN LLP, Lawrence Edward Savell , HERBERT SMITH NEW YORK LLP, Renee D. Honigberg , KIRKLAND & ELLIS, LLP, Jessica L. Zellner & Timothy M. Broas , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP.

AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, Directly and as Successor to the tobacco interest of AMERICAN BRANDS, INC., Defendant, represented by John Kevin Dolan Crisham , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP & Robert M. Rader , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP.

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO., P.L.C., Directly and as Successor to B.A.T. INDUSTRIES P.L.C., Defendant, represented by Demetra Frawley , SIMPSON THATCHER & BARLETT, Mary Elizabeth McGarry , SIMPSON, THACHER & BARTLETT, Michael V. Corrigan , SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT & Robert M. Rader , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP.

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LTD., Directly and as Successor to BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, LTD, Defendant, represented by Arnon D. Siegel , DECHERT, LLP, Bruce G. Sheffler , CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, F. John Nyhan , FREDERICKS PEEBLES & PATTERSON LLP, Garyowen P. Morrisroe , CHADBOURNE & PARKE, Jessica L. Zellner , Robert M. Rader , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP, Timothy M. Hughes , CHADBOURNE & PARKE, William S. D'Amico , CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, Benjamin C. Rubinstein , ROBBINS, RUSSELL, ENGLERT, ORSECK, UNTEREINER & SAUBER LLP, pro hac vice, Michael B. Minton , THOMPSON COBURN, LLP, Renee D. Honigberg , KIRKLAND & ELLIS, LLP, Lawrence Edward Savell , HERBERT SMITH NEW YORK LLP & Timothy M. Broas , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP.

COUNCIL FOR TOBACCO RESEARCH-USA, INCORPORATED, Defendant, represented by Bruce G. Merritt , DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON, David Runtz , DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON, Dennis H. Hranitzky , DECHERT, LLP, Joseph P. Moodhe , DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON, Judah Best , LEBOEUF, LAMB. GREENE & MACRAE LLP, Kevin C. Lombardi , KPMG, LLP, Robert M. Rader , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP, Steven Klugman , DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON, Lawrence Edward Savell , HERBERT SMITH NEW YORK LLP, Michael B. Minton , THOMPSON COBURN, LLP, Renee D. Honigberg , KIRKLAND & ELLIS, LLP, Jessica L. Zellner & Timothy M. Broas , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP.

TOBACCO INSTITUTE, INCORPORATED, Defendant, represented by Clausen Ely, Jr. , Covington & Burling LLP, James Alexander Goold , COVINGTON & BURLING LLP, Joseph Andrew Kresse , COVINGTON & BURLING LLP, Keith Allen Teel , COVINGTON & BURLING LLP, Robert M. Rader , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP, Lawrence Edward Savell , HERBERT SMITH NEW YORK LLP, Michael B. Minton , THOMPSON COBURN, LLP, Renee D. Honigberg , KIRKLAND & ELLIS, LLP, Jessica L. Zellner & Timothy M. Broas , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP.

ALTRIA GROUP, INC., Formerly Philip Morris Companies Inc., Defendant, represented by Alfred McDonnell , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Amy Elizabeth Ralph-Mudge , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Amy L. Rohe , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Ashley Cummings , HUNTON & WILLIAMS, Ben M. Germana , WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ, Bradley E. Lerman , WINSTON & STRAWN, C. Ian Anderson , CHADBOURNE & PARKE LLP, Christopher J. Cullen , WINSTON & STRAWN, Cindy L. Gantnier , HUNTON & WILLIAMS, Dan K. Webb , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP, pro hac vice, Daniel Church Jordan , U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION, Duane J. Mauney , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Elizabeth D. Jensen , WINSTON & STRAWN, Floyd Elwood Boone, Jr. , BOWLES RICE LLP, Herbert M. Wachtell , WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ, James Lewis Brochin , PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP, James Miller Rosenthal , WILKINSON WALSH + ESKOVITZ LLP, Jason T. Jacoby , HUNTON & WILLIAMS, Jay L. Levine , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP, Jeanna Maria Beck , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Jeffrey Wagner , WINSTON & STRAWN, Jeffrey M. Wintner , WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ, Jonathan Louis Stern , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Kevin M. Green , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Kevin J. Narko , WINSTON & STRAWN, Lauren J. Bernstein , WINSTON & STRAWN, Leslie Wharton , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Matthew A. Campbell , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP, Melissa Marglous Merlin , HUSCH BLACKWELL SANDERS LLP, Michael R. Geske , CAUSE OF ACTION INSTITUTE, Murray R. Garnick , ALTRIA GROUP, INC., Patricia M. Schwarzschild , HUNTON & WILLIAMS, Peter Thomas Grossi, Jr. , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Ricardo E. Ugarte , WINSTON & STRAWN, Richard H. Burton , HUNTON & WILLIAMS, Ryan David Guilds , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Seth Barrett Tillman , MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY Department of Law, Sharon L. Taylor , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Steven M. Barna , WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ, Theodore V. Wells, Jr. , PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP, Thomas M. Stimson , CADWALADER, WICKERSHAM & TAFT LLP, Amir Cameron Tayrani , GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER, LLP, Anand Agneshwar , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, pro hac vice, Andrew Maher , ALLENS ARTHUR ROBINSON, David E. Mollon , WINSTON & STRAWN, Lawrence Edward Savell , HERBERT SMITH NEW YORK LLP, Michael B. Minton , THOMPSON COBURN, LLP, Miguel A. Estrada , GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER, LLP, Renee D. Honigberg , KIRKLAND & ELLIS, LLP, Thomas J. Frederick , WINSTON & STRAWN, George C. Lombardi , WINSTON & STRAWN, LLP & Jessica L. Zellner .

ARTHUR E. PENNINGTON, II, Interested Party, pro se.

ROBERT COTNER, Interested Party, pro se.

SIDNEY E. BRYANT, Interested Party, pro se.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES, Interested Party, represented by Michael Jeremy Baratz , STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP & Scott A. Sinder , STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TOBACCO OUTLETS, Interested Party, represented by Thomas A. Briant , pro hac vice.

COMMONWEALTH BRANDS INCORPORATED, COMMONWEALTH ALTADIS & ITG BRANDS, LLC, Interested Partys, represented by Elizabeth Brewster McCallum , BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP.

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Movant, represented by David Charles Shonka , FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Office of General Counsel.

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO AUSTRALIA SERVICES, LTD, BATAS, Movant, represented by Neil H. Koslowe , POTOMAC LAW GROUP, PLLC, Alvin Bertram Dunn , PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN, LLP & Jack McKay , PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN, LLP.

JUDITH CREWE, Movant, pro se.

LUNG CANCER ALLIANCE, Movant, represented by Bruce Van Spiva , PERKINS COIE LLP.

ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDERS FOR EMPOWERMENT ADVOCACY AND LEADERSHIP, (APPEAL), Movant, pro se.

GAY AND LESBIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, (GLMA), Movant, pro se.

NATIONAL COALITION FOR LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER HEALTH, (NCLGBTH), Movant, pro se.

NATIONAL LATINO COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO PREVENTION, (LCAT), Movant, pro se.

NATIONAL TRIBAL TOBACCO PREVENTION NETWORK, (NTTPN), Movant, pro se.

PRAXIS PROJECT, Movant, pro se.

VERNELLIA R. RANDALL, Professor, Movant, pro se.

DANIEL T. GUINTO, Child of the Guinto Family, Movant, pro se.

JULIE A. GUINTO, Child of the Guinto Family, Movant, pro se.

MARY C. GUINTO, Mother, Movant, pro se.

MICHAEL JOSEPH GUINTO, Child of the Guinto Family, Movant, pro se.

RAYMOND GUINTO, Father, Movant, pro se.

CLEAR THE AIR, Movant, pro se.

KERRY M. LANE, Dr., Movant, represented by Bradford Elby Kile , KILE, GOEKJIAN, REED, & MCMANUS, PLLC.

CITIZENS' COMMISSION TO PROTECT THE TRUTH'S, Amicus, represented by Cecil E. Key, Jr. , KEY IP LAW GROUP, PLLC.

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Amicus, represented by Peter Joshua Leff , MOONEY, GREEN, SAINDON, MURPHY & WELCH, P.C.

TOBACCO CONTROL LEGAL CONSORTIUM, Amicus, represented by Scott Lawrence Nelson , PUBLIC CITIZEN LITIGATION GROUP & Mark A. Gottlieb .

ESSENTIAL ACTION, CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, ASIAN-PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICAN HEALTH FORUM, SAN FRANCISCO AFRICAN AMERICAN TOBACCO FREE PROJECT, SFAATFP & BLACK NETWORK IN CHILDREN'S EMOTIONAL HEALTH, BNICEH, Amicuss, represented by Lynne Ann Bernabei , BERNABEI & KABAT, PLLC.

ARKANSAS, CONNECTICUT, HAWAII, IDAHO, IOWA, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, OHIO, OKLAHOMA, OREGON, TENNESSEE, VERMONT, WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN, WYOMING & DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Amicuss, represented by William C. Lieblich , NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ATTORNEYS GENERAL.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK OWNED BROADCASTERS, Amicus, represented by Natalie Olivia Ludaway , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL/DC & Glenn Frederick Ivey , PRICE BENOWITZ LLP.

FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY, Amicus, represented by Tony S. Lee , FLETCHER, HEALD & HILDRETH, PLC.

NATIONAL NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION, Amicus, represented by Alan Scott Bolden , REED SMITH LLP, Natalie Olivia Ludaway , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL/DC & Glenn Frederick Ivey , PRICE BENOWITZ LLP.

NATIONAL ASSOCATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, Amicus, represented by Marshall W. Taylor , HOWARD UNIVERSITY.

VIACOM INC., Amicus, represented by Emily A. Stubbs , VIACOM MEDIA NETWORKS Business & Legal Affairs - Intellectual Property & Litigatio, pro hac vice & Kent K. Anker , DEMOCRACY PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC.

A&E TELEVISION NETWORKS, LLC, Amicus, represented by Christopher Bowmar Mead , LONDON & MEAD & Martin D. Edel , MILLER & WRUBEL P.C., pro hac vice.

INTERACTIVE ONE, LLC, RADIO ONE, INC. & TV ONE, LLC, Amicuss, represented by Eve Klindera Reed , WILEY REIN, LLP.

UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC., Amicus, represented by Heather H. Martin , MUBADALA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.

LITTLE ROCK SUN, Amicus, pro se.

TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., Amicus, represented by Alan William Bakowski , TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP & James A. Lamberth , TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP, pro hac vice.

PHARMACIA CORPORATION, Intervenor, represented by Arnon D. Siegel , DECHERT, LLP.

ELAN CORPORATION, PLC, Intervenor, represented by Kate Cumming Beardsley , ZUCKERMAN SPAEDER LLP.

PFIZER, INC., Intervenor, represented by Stephen Paul Mahinka , MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS, LLP.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

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