Legal Opinion
Watson v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 25, 2005No. 04-1225PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Lisa Watson and Loretta Lawson filed this interlocutory appeal, on their own behalf and as representatives of a class, from the district court’s1 denial of their motion to remand to state court. Watson and Lawson filed their class action in Arkansas state court, alleging that Philip Morris violated the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. See Ark.Code Ann. § 4-88-107 et seq. We hold that the case was properly removed to federal court.
Watson and Lawson claim that Philip Morris engaged in “unfair business practices and/or deceptive and unlawful conduct in…
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