Legal Opinion
Cole v. Tobacco Institute
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided March 26, 1999No. 1:97-cv-00256PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
COBB, District Judge.
The Plaintiffs have brought suit against tobacco manufacturers for themselves and purportedly for all other persons in Texas who are similarly situated; i.e. cigarette smokers, past and present, or their survivors and next of kin.
One of the defendants, B.A.T. Industries p.l.c., has filed a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction on the grounds that it is merely a holding company based in Great Britain without any connection to the cigarette industry in the United States, and therefore exempt from having personal jurisdiction exercised over it.
2Cases cited22 opinions
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