United States Fourth Circuit

In the settlement of a class action lawsuit, alleging price fixing in violation of antitrust laws, plaintiff's motion to dismiss the enforcement of two provisions for adjusting benefits, based on a second settlement with another defendant, is denied.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/06/2004
• Published 12/06/2004

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:David Boies, Boies, Schiller & Flexner, L.L.P., Armonk, New York;  James T. Williams, Jr., Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellants.  Alan Mitchell Wiseman, Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Larry B. Sitton, Gregory G. Holland, Smith Moore, L.L.P., Greensboro, North Carolina;  Carl J. Nichols, Boies, Schiller & Flexner, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Appellant Philip Morris USA, Inc., Mack Sperling, Jennifer K. Van Zant, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant Lorillard Tobacco Company.  Alexander J. Pires, Jr., Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, L.L.P., Washington, DC;  Stuart H. Harris, Thomas A. Isaacson, Joseph A. Ostoyich, Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, L.L.P., Washington, DC;  Richard M. Hutson, Hutson, Hughes & Powell, Durham, North Carolina, for Appellees.  W. Andrew Copenhaver, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, P.L.L.C., Winston-Salem, North Carolina;  Sean E. Andrussier, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, P.L.L.C., Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.