Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. Chesley
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Nicholas Figueroa, J.), entered October 2, 2002, which granted the petition to vacate an arbitration award pursuant to CPLR 7511 (b) (1) (iii), unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, the petition denied and the award reinstated.
Respondents-appellants are members of the “Castaño Group,” a group of more than 50 law firms nationwide formed over a decade ago to bring lawsuits against the tobacco industry. In 1994, the Castaño Group filed its first lawsuit in federal District Court in Louisiana. Although the class was initially…
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