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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO Opinion Number: 2010-NMSC-035 Filing Date: June 25, 2010 Docket No. 31,433 BEATRICE C. ROMERO and MICHAEL FERREE, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED, R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION, Defendants-Petitioners. ORIGINAL PROCEEDING ON CERTIORARI James A. Hall, District Judge Montgomery & Andrews, P.A. Sarah M. Singleton Walter J. Melendres Victor R. Ortega Santa Fe, NM Arnold & Porter, L.L.P. Kenneth L. Chernof Washington, DC Boies, Schiller & Flexner, L.L.P. David Boies Armonk, NY Jack G. Stern New York, NY Amy J. Mauser Washington, DC

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for Petitioner Philip Morris Incorporated Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A. Andrew G. Schultz Albuquerque, NM Jones Day Edwin L. Fountain Washington, DC Thomas Demitrack Cleveland, OH for Petitioners R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation Youtz & Valdez, P.C. Shane C. Youtz Albuquerque, NM Ball & Scott Law Offices Gordon Ball Knoxville, TN Cuneo Gilbert & Laduca, L.L.P. Jonathan W. Cuneo Daniel Cohen Washington, DC Hausfeld, L.L.P. Michael D. Hausfeld Megan E. Jones Washington, DC for Respondents OPINION CH

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