Gomer Ex Rel. Gomer v. Philip Morris Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ALBRITTON, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This cause is before the court on a Motion to Dismiss (doc. # 6) for want of jurisdiction and for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted filed by the State of Alabama and the Attorney General of the State of Alabama. Also before the court is a Motion to Dismiss (doc. # 9) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted filed by Defendants Philip Morris Incorporated, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, and Lorillard Tobacco Company (collectively, the “tobacco companies”).

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