Legal Opinion
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of New Jersey, Inc. v. Philip Morris, Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 30, 1999No. 98 CV 3287PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION.564
II. COMPLAINT.565
A. RICO.565
B. FEDERAL ANTITRUST.566
C. STATE LAW CLAIMS.566
III. FACTS AND LAW.566
A. RICO.566
1. Racketeering Enterprise Affecting Interstate Commerce.566
2. Standing.568
a. Injury to Business or Property.569(1) Plaintiffs’ Business and Property Losses.569(2) “Pass-Through”.569(3) Purely Economic vs. Personal Injury Claims .570
b. Proximate Cause.573(1) Holmes Standard.573(a) Ascertainable, damages.575(b) Apportioning Damages.576(c) Sufficient deterrence.576(2) Second Circuit Cases.577(3) “Rule” of…
2Cases cited82 opinions
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- Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. v. California State Council of CarpentersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. TurketteSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Brunswick Corp. v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Allegheny General Hospital Allegheny Valley Hospital Armstrong County Memorial Hospital Canonsburg General Hospital Carbon- Schuylkill Community Hospital, Inc., D/B/A Miners Memorial Medical Center Chambersburg Hospital Forbes Regional Hospital Hazleton--St. Joseph Medical Center Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg Hospital Center Northeastern Pennsylvania Corporation, D/B/A Hazleton General Hospital Saint Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem Saint Luke's -- Allentown Campus St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital Saint Vincent Health Center Waynesboro Hospital v. Philip Morris, Inc. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation B.A.T. Industries, Plc the American Tobacco Company, Inc., C/o Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation Lorillard Tobacco Company Liggett Group, Inc. United States Tobacco Company Tobacco Institute, Inc. The Council for Tobacco Research--Usa, Inc. Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc. Hill & Knowlton, Inc., Allegheny General Hospital Allegheny Valley Hospital Armstrong County Memorial Hospital Canonsburg General Hospital Carbon-Schuylkill Community Hospital, Inc., D/B/A Miners Memorial Medical Center Chambersburg Hospital Forbes Regional Hospital Hazleton--St. Joseph Medical Center Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg Hospital Center Northeastern Pennsylvania Corporation, D/B/A Hazleton General Hospital Saint Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem Saint Luke's--Allentown Campus St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital Saint Vincent Health Center Waynesboro Hospital, in 99-4024, Armstrong County Memorial Hospital Carbon-Schuylkill Community Hospital, Inc., D/B/A Miners Memorial Medical Center Chambersburg Hospital Hazleton--St. Joseph Medical Center Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg Hospital Center Northeastern Pennsylvania Corporation, D/B/A Hazleton General Hospital Saint Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem Saint Luke's-- Allentown Campus St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital Saint Vincent Health Center Waynesboro Hospital, in 00-3101, Allegheny General Hospital Allegheny Valley Hospital Canonsburg General Hospital Forbes Regional Hospital, in 00-3102Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 734 Health and Welfare Trust Fund and Central States Joint Board Health and Welfare Trust Fund v. Philip Morris Incorporated, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield v. Philip Morris IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- National Asbestos Workers Medical Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1999
- Simon v. Philip Morris Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 2000
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of New Jersey, Inc. v. Philip Morris, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 2000
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