Legal Opinion
Service Employees International Union Health & Welfare Fund v. Philip Morris Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 22, 2001No. 00-7023, 00-7093 to 00-7100, 00-7118 and 00-7120PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.
ROGERS, Circuit Judge:
In these two appeals, the court must determine whether the plaintiffs have demonstrated proximate cause in seeking, on an aggregate basis, to recover costs incurred as a result of paying for the health care needs of individual smokers. The complaints allege conspiracy and fraud in connection with federal antitrust and racketeering (“RICO”) claims as well as antitrust claims under District of Columbia law and common law claims. Similar claims have been considered and rejected as too remote by seven other circuits.…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. v. California State Council of CarpentersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Charles Kowal v. MCI Communications CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1994
- Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Illinois Brick Co. v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Wright v. Brooke Group Ltd.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2002
- Republic of Venezuela v. Philip Morris IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2002
- Schwab v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 2006
- Meng v. SchwartzDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2004
- People v. Sturm, Ruger & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
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