Laborers Local 17 Health and Benefit Fund Transport Workers Union New York City Private Bus Lines Health Benefit Trust, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated United Federation of Teachers Welfare Fund Communications Workers of America Local 1180 Security Benefits Fund International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 891 Welfare Fund and Social Service Employees Union Local 371 Welfare Fund, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. Philip Morris, Inc. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, USA B.A.T. Industries, P.L.C. Lorillard Tobacco Co. Liggett & Myers, Inc. American Tobacco Company United States Tobacco Company Council for Tobacco research-u.s.a., Inc. Tobacco Institute, Inc. Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc. And Hill & Knowlton, Inc.

172 F.3d 223w

RICO Bus.Disp.Guide 9675, 22 Employee Benefits Cas. 2845

LABORERS LOCAL 17 HEALTH AND BENEFIT FUND; Transport
Workers Union New York City Private Bus Lines Health Benefit
Trust, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly
situated; United Federation of Teachers Welfare Fund;
Communications Workers of America Local 1180 Security
Benefits Fund; International Union of Operating Engineers,
Local 891 Welfare Fund and Social Service Employees Union
Local 371 Welfare Fund, on behalf of themselves and all
others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS, INC.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Brown
& Williamson Tobacco Corporation, USA; B.A.T. Industries,
P.L.C.; Lorillard Tobacco Co.; Liggett & Myers, Inc.;
American Tobacco Company; United States Tobacco Company;
Council For Tobacco Research-U.S.A., Inc.; Tobacco
Institute, Inc.; Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc. and Hill &
Knowlton, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

Docket No. 98-7944.

United States Court of Appeals,
Second Circuit.

Argued Feb. 4, 1999.
Decided April 9, 1999.

NOTE: THE COURT HAS WITHDRAWN THIS OPINION