Soliman v. Philip Morris Incorporated

311 F.3d 966 Maher W. SOLIMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED; Philip Morris Companies; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Council for Tobacco Research USA Inc.; Tobacco Institute, Inc.; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.; B.A.T. Industries P.L.C.; American Tobacco Company; Liggett Group Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees. No. 01-15387. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted August 16, 2002. * Filed November 22, 2002. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Maher W. Soliman, San Francisco, CA, pro se. Alicia J. Donahue and Patrick J. Gregory of Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, San Francisco, CA, for appellees Philip Morris, Inc., and Philip Morris Companies, Inc. W. Bruce Wold and Shelley L. Brittman of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, San Francisco, CA, for appellees Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, individually and as successor by merger to the American Tobacco Company. Mary C. Oppedahl of Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May P.C., Oakland, CA, for appellee Tobacco Institute, Inc. Steven H. Bergman and Mary Elizabeth McGarry of Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett, Los Angeles, CA, and New York, NY, for appellee B.A.T.…