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• Judge will stay on tobacco case 

Jump to full article: New Orleans (LA) Times Picayune, 2004-06-18
Author: The Associated Press 6/18/2004, 9:12 a.m. CT

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The judge in a lawsuit that won $599 million for quit-smoking programs in Louisiana should be removed from a hearing on whether the defense acted properly in questioning jurors about their verdict, tobacco company attorneys say.

On Thursday, Civil District Judge Ethel Sims Julien refused to remove retired judge Richard Ganucheau from the case.

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