Legal Opinion
Milwaukee Carpenter's District Council Health Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided September 13, 1999No. 98-C-323, 98-C-394PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
ADELMAN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, four named health and welfare trusts or plans, filed this lawsuit on March 8, 1998, on behalf of themselves and a proposed class against numerous tobacco manufacturers, tobacco trade organizations, public relations firms, and tobacco distributors. The complaint contains eleven claims, none of which appears, on its face, to be based upon federal law. Plaintiffs and the defendant tobacco distributors are citizens of Wisconsin. All other defendants are citizens of other states.
Notwithstanding the apparent absence of a federal question and the…
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