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NEWS ADVISORY

UNITED STATES FILES MOTIONS

FOR RECONSIDERATION IN TOBACCO LITIGATION


The United States filed two motions today in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking reconsideration of U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler's decision on September 28 on Motions to Dismiss of the tobacco companies.

The documents filed today in United States v. Philip Morris et al are:

United States' Motion to Limit Court's Order Dismissing Count One of Complaint to Claims for Payments Under Medicare and FEHBA, and United States' Motion to Modify the Opinion of the Court Granting B.A.T. Industries' Motion to Dismiss the Complaint for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction

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