Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number Nos. 00-CV-5332, 98-CV-0675, 98-CV-1492, 98-CV-3287, 99-CV-1988, 99-CV-6142, 00-CV-2340, 00-CV-4442, 00-CV-4632, 02-CV-0599 Attorney(S) Perry Weitz, Robert J. Gordon, Jerry Kristal, Richard L. Akel, Esq. Weitz Luxenberg, New York, NY., Steven E. Fineman, Esq., Thomas M. Sobol, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann, Bernstein, New York, NY., Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Richard M. Heimann, Robert J. Nelson, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann, Bernstein, San Francisco, CA., Norwood Wilner, Sporwood Wilner Maciejewski Matthews, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida, Stanley Chesley, Esq., Wait, Chesley, Waite Schneider, Bayless Chesley, Cincinnati, Ohio, Gregory T. Carnold, Esq., Wayne F. Dennison, Esq., Brown Rudnick Freed Gesmer, Boston, Mass., Charles Mangan, Esq., Sheller Ludwig Badley, Philadelphia, PA. For Plaintiff in Simon I Simon II. Joshua Kassner, John Angelos, Esq., Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, P.C., Baltimore, MD., For Plaintiff National Asbestos. Melvyn I. Weiss, Esq., Beth A. Kaswan, Esq., Michael C. Spencer, Esq., Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes Lerach, New York, NY., For Plaintiff Bergeron. Paul J. Bschorr, Esq., Vincent R. FitzPatrick, Jr., Esq., Michael Hefter, Esq., Heather K. McDevitt, Esq., Dewey Ballantine LLP, New York, NY., Martha J. Talley, Esq., Dewey Ballantine LLP, Washington, DC., For Plaintiffs Blue Cross, et al. Jonathon W. Cuneo, The Cuneo Law Group, Washington, D.C., Mark B. Hutton, Derek S. Casey, Chan P. Townsley Hutton Hutton, Wichita, KS., Gary Richardson, Richardson Ward, Tulsa, OK. For Plaintiff Mason, et al. Peter A. Bicks, James L. Stengel, Orrick, Herrington Sutcliffe, LLP New York, NY., Thomas R. McNaboe, Thompson, McNaboe, Ashley Bull, LLC, P.A., Portland, MA., Steven Kazan, Kazan, McClain, Edises, Simon Abrams, Oakland, CA., For Plaintiff Raymark Kevin J. Dunne, Esq., Eric M. Kraus, Esq., Sedgwick, Detert, Moran Arnold, Esq., New York, NY., Marjorie P. Lindblom, Esq., David Bernick, Esq., Andrew R. McGaan, Esq., Deirdre A. Fox, Esq., Kirkland Ellis, Esqs., New York, NY., U. Gwyn Williams, Esq., Goodwin, Proctor Hoar, LLP, Boston, MA., For Defendant Brown Williamson. Harold Keith Gordon, Byron G. Stier, George Kostolampros, Jones, Day, Reavis Pogue, New York, NY., Theodore M. Grossman, Hugh R. Witing, Mark A. Belasic, Jones, Day, Reavis Pogue, Cleveland, OH. Robert H. Klonoff, Jones, Day, Reavis Pogue, Washington, D.C. Jerome R. Doak, Margaret I.. Lyle, Jones, Day, Reavis Pogue, Dallas, TX Ursula M. Henninger, Esq., Womble Carlyle Sandridge Rice, Winston-Salem, NC. For Defendant R. J. Reynolds. Alan Mansfield, Esq., Robert J. Kirshenberg, Esq., Stephen L. Saxl, Esq. Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, NY., William L. Allinder, Esq., Lori Connors McGroder, Esq. Shook, Hardy Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, MO., For Defendant Lorillard Tobacco. Michael V. Comgan, Joseph M. McLauglin, Ronald M. Neuman, Adam I. Stein, Esq., Simpson Thacher Bartlett, New York, NY. For Defendant BAT Industries, p.l.c. Donald J. Strauber, David A. Wallace, Daniel Endick, Chadbourne Parke, LLP, New York, NY., Defendant BATCO. Peter Bleakley, Esq., Murray R. Garnick, Esq., David S. Eggert, Eric Suter Arnold Porter, Washington, DC. Peter L. Critchell, Esq., Dechert Price Rhoads, New York, NY., John B. Williams, Esq., Thomas W. Mitchell, Esq., Collier, Shannon, Rill Scott, Washington, DC. Kenneth J. Parsigian, Esq., Paul F. Namser, Esq., Goodwin, Proctor Hoar, Boston, MA., For Defendant Philip Morris. Anne E. Cohen, Esq., Harry Zirlin, Esq., Steven S. Michaels, Esq., Debevoise Plimpton, Esqs., New York, NY., For Defendant Council for Tobacco Research USA, Inc.: Bruce J. Ginsberg, Esq., Davis Gilbert LLP, New York, NY., For Defendant Hill Knowlton. Jacob Horowitz, Esq., Seward Kissel LLP, New York, NY., For Defendant Tobacco Institute. Bryan A. McKenna, Esq., Jacob Medinger Finnegan, New York, NY., For Defendant Smokeless Tobacco. Arthur H. Aizley, Esq., Eric S. Sarner, Esq. Skadden Arps Slate Meagher Flom, New York, NY., For Defendant U.S. Tobacco. Leonard A. Feiwus, Esq., Kasowtiz Benson Torres Friedman, New York, NY., For Defendant Liggett. Judges Jack Bertrand Weinstein See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. In Re Simon II Litigation MEMORANDUM AND ORDER (MASON) JACK B. WEINSTEIN, Senior District Court Judge. In reviewing the docket sheets and memoranda in James Mason v. The American Tobacco Co., 00-CV-4442, I find papers on a stay, severance, transfer and certification, but no formal motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action. If the parties wish to make a motion to dismiss, or a motion for summary judgment, or to renew a motion made in another venue, the motion should be made or renewed promptly so that the viability of the plaintiffs' theory can be addressed directly when next we meet. My recollection is that the validity of the theory of plaintiffs' case as an individual or class action pursuant to sections 1395y(b)(3)(A) and 2651 of title 42 of the United States Code, see. e.g., Third Amended Class Action Complaint, Prayer for Relief ¶ 17, has been adverted to in courtroom discussions. SO ORDERED.