Legal Opinion
Burton v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided March 10, 1995No. 94-2202-JWLPublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
LUNGSTRUM, District Judge.
I. Introduction
Plaintiffs David Burton and Ora Burton filed this lawsuit on May 25, 1994, and later filed an amended complaint against defendants R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and The American Tobacco Company. Plaintiff 1 alleges numerous claims, including fraud and misrepresentation, negligence, strict liability, breach of express warranty, conspiracy and violation of consumer protection statutes.
The matter is currently before the court on two motions filed by the defendants. The first of these is defendants’ joint motion to dismiss and for…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Hall v. BellmonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
- Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
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3Cited by51 opinions
- American Tobacco Co., Inc. v. GrinnellTexas Supreme Court · 1997
- Bower v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1999
- Zinser v. Accufix Research Institute, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Spain v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2003
- Guilbeault v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 2000
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