Legal Opinion
Simon v. Philip Morris, Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 3, 2000No. 99 CV 1988(JBW)PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION .98
II. STANDARD OF PROOF.98
III. FACTS.99
A BAT’s Organization.99
B. The 1976 “Scheme of Arrangement”.100
C. BAT’s New York Contacts.100
D. Tobacco Industry Conspiracy.100
E. New York as a Situs of the Tobacco Industry Conspiracy.. 106
F. BAT’s Tortious Conduct in Furtherance of the Conspiracy.107
1. Perpetuation of False Smoking and Health Scientific “Controversy”.107
2. Suppression of Safer Cigarette.113
3. Manipulation of Nicotine.114
4. Acting in Concert with B & W to Hide Information.116
G. BAT’s Extensive…
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