Legal Opinion
Oregon Laborers-Employers Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided August 24, 1998No. Civ. 97-1051-MAPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
MARSH, District Judge.
Plaintiffs are six employee health and welfare benefit plans created to provide comprehensive health care benefits to participants who are employed under various collective bargaining agreements. Plaintiffs are either self-insured or purchase insurance from insurance companies and pay for the health care benefits or insurance premiums from contributions made by participants and their employers. Plaintiffs filed this action against eight tobacco companies, three non-profit public relations/lobbying/research councils and one public relations firm seeking to…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- National Organization for Women, Inc. v. ScheidlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Smith v. JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Steamfitters Local Union No. 420 Welfare Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
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- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of New Jersey, Inc. v. Philip Morris, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1999
- Sabey v. Howard Johnson Co.Court of Appeals of Washington · 2000
- Sabey v. Howard Johnson & Co.Court of Appeals of Washington · 2000
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