Legal Opinion
Clinton v. Brown & Williamson Holdings, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 24, 2007No. 05 Civ. 9907(CLB)(LMS)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum and Order
BRIEANT, District Judge.
Before the Court for decision are motions for summary judgment, filed by Defendants Philip Morris USA, Inc., (“Philip Morris”) and Brown and Williamson, as successor by merger to American Tobacco Company (“ATC”) (Doc.’s 34 and 27).
The following facts appear of record and are assumed to be true for the purposes of this motion only. Plaintiff Eileen Clinton is the widow of decedent William A. Champagne, Jr. Mr. Champagne was born on September 11, 1950 and died from lung cancer on June 25, 2004 at the age of 3. He started smoking in his early teenage…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Watson v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Voss v. Black & Decker Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Garrity v. Lyle Stuart, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Denny v. Ford Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1995
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Bullock v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 2011
- Good v. Altria Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
- S.F. ex rel. S.E.F. v. Archer Daniels Midland Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2014
- Fabiano v. Philip Morris Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
- Grill v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2009
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