United States Fifth Circuit

In a case arising from tobacco manufacturers' allegedly deceitful marketing of -Lights- cigarettes, partial denial of manufacturers' motion for summary judgment is reversed where the district court erred in finding that plaintiffs- claims, as presented at summary judgment, were not expressly pre-empted by the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/14/2007
• Published 02/22/2007

Judges

• E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James B. Doyle, Law Offices of James B. Doyle, Lake Charles, LA, for Brown and Friedrich., Vance Arnold Gibbs, Mark Andrew Marionneaux, Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McGowan & Jarman, Baton Rouge, LA, William L. Durham, II, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, for Brown & Williamson., Kenneth E. Badon, The Badon Law Firm, Lake Charles, LA, Jennifer Ann Jones, Jones Law Firm, Cameron, LA, for Sullivan, Iguess, Songer and Joseph., Charles F. Gay, Jr., Deborah B. Rouen, Lara Elizabeth White, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, LA, Murray R. Garnick (argued), James Miller Rosenthal, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Patrick A. Juneau, Jr., The Juneau Firm, Lafayette, LA, for Philip Morris USA, Inc.


• For Appellees:
  
• Clayton Arthur Larsh Davis (argued), Thomas Patrick LeBlanc, Lundy & Davis, Lake Charles, LA, for all Plaintiffs-Appellees.