laborers-local-17-health-and-benefit-fund-transport-workers-union-new-york , 172 F.3d 223 ( 1999 )


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  • 172 F.3d 223w

    RICO Bus.Disp.Guide 9675, 22 Employee Benefits Cas. 2845

    LABORERS LOCAL 17 HEALTH AND BENEFIT FUND; Transport
    Workers Union New York City Private Bus Lines Health Benefit
    Trust, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly
    situated; United Federation of Teachers Welfare Fund;
    Communications Workers of America Local 1180 Security
    Benefits Fund; International Union of Operating Engineers,
    Local 891 Welfare Fund and Social Service Employees Union
    Local 371 Welfare Fund, on behalf of themselves and all
    others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
    v.
    PHILIP MORRIS, INC.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Brown
    & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, USA; B.A.T. Industries,
    P.L.C.; Lorillard Tobacco Co.; Liggett & Myers, Inc.;
    American Tobacco Company; United States Tobacco Company;
    Council For Tobacco Research-U.S.A., Inc.; Tobacco
    Institute, Inc.; Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc. and Hill &
    Knowlton, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

    Docket No. 98-7944.

    United States Court of Appeals,
    Second Circuit.

    Argued Feb. 4, 1999.
    Decided April 9, 1999.

    NOTE: THE COURT HAS WITHDRAWN THIS OPINION