Commonwealth Ex Rel. Stumbo v. Philip Morris, USA

OPINION AND ORDER

LAMBERT, Judge.

The Commonwealth of Kentucky appeals from an Order of the Franklin Circuit Court compelling arbitration and staying its Motion for Declaratory Judgment. For the reasons set forth herein, we dismiss this appeal.

In November 1998, the Attorneys General of forty-six states and six territories (hereinafter “the Settling States”), including Appellant, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and the four major domestic tobacco companies — Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson, 1 and Lor-illard (hereinafter the “Original Participating Manufacturers” or “OPMs”)— signed…