In re Tobacco II Cases 9/5/06 CA4/1

State: California

Court: 1st District Court of Appeal 1st District Court of Appeal

Docket No: D046435

Case Date: 11/01/2006

Preview:Filed 9/5/06

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

In re TOBACCO II CASES

D046435

(JCCP No. 4042)

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Ronald S. Praeger, Judge. Affirmed. Dougherty & Hildre, Donald F. Hildre, William O. Dougherty, Frederick M. Dudek, Thomas D. Haklar; Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson, Mark P. Robinson, Sharon J. Arkin and Karen Karavatos for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Gregory P. Stone, Daniel P. Collins, Steven B. Weisburd, Joseph S. Klapach, Daniel B. Levin; Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek, Gerald L. McMahon and Daniel E. Eaton for Defendant and Respondent Philip Morris USA Inc. Dechert LLP, H. Joseph Escher III; Wright & L'Estrange, Robert C. Wright; Jones Day and William T. Plesec for Defendants and Respondents R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Brown & Williamson Holdings, Inc., formerly known as Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation.

Loeb & Loeb LLP, and Sharon S. Mequet for Defendant and Respondent The Council for Tobacco Research-U.S.A., Inc. DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP, William S. Boggs and Brian A. Foster for Defendant and Respondent Lorillard Tobacco Company. Reed Smith LLP, and Mary C. Oppedahl for Defendant and Respondent The Tobacco Institute. The Lendrum Law Firm and Jeffrey P. Lendrum for Defendants and Respondents Liggett Group Inc. and Liggett & Myers, Inc. Plaintiffs Willard R. Brown, Damien Bierly and Michelle Denise Buller-Seymore (hereafter plaintiffs) appeal an order decertifying a class action for claims under the unfair competition law (UCL) (Bus. and Prof. Code,1

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