Philip Morris USA v. King Mountain

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC.,  No. 06-36066 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. CV-06-03073-RHW

KING MOUNTAIN TOBACCO  ORDER

COMPANY, INC.; MOUNTAIN AMENDING

TOBACCO; DELBERT L. WHEELER, OPINION AND

SR.; RICHARD KIP RAMSEY, AMENDED

Defendants-Appellees.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Robert H. Whaley, United States District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 10, 2007—Seattle, Washington

Filed June 11, 2009

Before: Melvin Brunetti, M. Margaret McKeown, and William A. Fletcher, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge McKeown

7011 7014 PHILIP MORRIS v. KING MOUNTAIN TOBACCO

COUNSEL

Daniel P. Collins, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

J. Michael Keyes, Theresa L. Keyes, and Bart J. Freedman, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, Spokane, Washington, for the defendants-appellees.

ORDER

The opinion and concurrence filed on January 20, 2009 are…