Legal Opinion
Eastern States Health & Welfare Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 29, 1998No. 97 Civ. 7346(SS), 97 Civ. 8462(SS) and 97 Civ. 9395(SS)-97 Civ. 9402(SS)PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SOTOMAYOR, District Judge.
The motion before the Court in these ten related cases represents a small but procedurally complex skirmish in the tobacco wars raging throughout the courts of this country. The plaintiffs are various employee benefit plans (collectively referred to hereinafter as the “Funds”) which seek to recoup from the defendants, cigarette manufacturers and tobacco industry organizations (collectively referred to hereinafter as the “Companies”), medical and health care benefits which the Funds claim they have paid to their beneficiaries because of the allegedly…
2Cases cited54 opinions
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- Caterpillar Inc. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Donovan v. RothmanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2000
- Milwaukee Carpenter's District Council Health Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.District Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1999
- Iron Workers Local Union No.17 Insurance Fund v. Philip Morris Inc.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1998
- National Asbestos Workers Medical Fund v. Philip Morris Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1998
- Eastern States Health & Welfare Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 2000
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