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Tobacco Companies Lose Bid to Dismiss Union Trust Fund Suit 

Jump to full article: Bloomberg News, 1999-12-21

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With all due respect to the four circuit courts that have spoken [on union trust fund suits], this court concludes that their rulings underestimate the inherent ability and flexibility of our common law-based legal system to respond to the demands of a case as difficult as this.
.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler in Washington, DC. Quoted in <i>Tobacco Companies Lose Bid to Dismiss Union Trust Fund Suit</i>

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Philip Morris, Others Lose Bid to Dismiss Suit by Trust Funds 

Jump to full article: Bloomberg News, 1999-12-16

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Tobacco Companies Sued By Funds Over Smoking Damages (Update1) 

(Adds background in 10th paragraph and updates closing share activity in last paragraph.)
Jump to full article: Bloomberg News, 1999-09-16

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Federal judge throws out tobacco suit 

The Seattle ruling holds that only individual union members, not union health-and-welfare funds, can sue
Jump to full article: The Oregonian, 1999-07-25
Author: Peggy Andersen of The Associated Press

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B&W Says Federal Court in Seattle Rules in Favor of Tobacco Industry 

Jump to full article: PR Newswire, 1999-07-23

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Circuit Rejects Union's Claims in Tobacco Suit 

Jump to full article: Law News Network, 1999-07-15
Author: Rinat Fried The Recorder/Cal Law

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Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal Of Oregon Union Lawsuit Against the Tobacco Industry 

Jump to full article: PR Newswire, 1999-07-14

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