Governmental Representation
RPWB attorneys have represented governments in the following cases:
Asbestos Property Damage
In re: State and Regents’ Building Asbestos Cases, First Judicial District Court, State of Minnesota, Case Nos. 99091 & 99082
In Re: State of West Virginia Public Building Asbestos Litigation, West Virginia Circuit Court, Civil Action No. 86-C-458
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (formerly known as “The Port of New York Authority”) and Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation v. Allied Corporation, et al., United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 91 Civ. 0310 (CLB) (MDF)
McKesson Prescription Drug Mark-Up
In Re: McKesson Governmental Entities Average Wholesale Price Litigation, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Master File No: 1:08-cv-10843-PBS
The State of Mississippi v. McKesson Corporation, Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, Case No. 251-10-862-CIV
The State of Ohio v. McKesson Corporation, United States District for the Northern District of California, Case No. 13-CV-02000-SI
The State of Utah v. McKesson Corporation, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Case No. CV-10-4743-SI
New Jersey MTBE
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection v. Hess Corp., et al., Superior Court of New Jersey, Mercer County, Docket No. L-1622-07
New Jersey NRD
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the Administrator of the New Jersey Spill Compensation Fund v. Honeywell International, Inc., et al., Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County, Docket No. L-2764-05
Ames Rubber Corp., Superior Court of New Jersey, Sussex County, Docket No. L-21 3-06. BASF Corp., et al., Superior Court of New Jersey, Passaic County, Docket No. L-5151-05
Bayer Corp., et al., Superior Court of New Jersey, Passaic County, Docket No. L1685-0
Bayer Croscience, Inc., et al., Superior Court of New Jersey, Middlesex County, Docket No. L- 005790-07
Charles Beseler Co., et al., Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County, Docket No. L-3203-05
Carlisle Companies, Inc., et al., Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County, Docket No. L-000035-06
Cumberland Farms, Inc., et al., Superior Court of New Jersey, Ocean County, Docket No. L-1234-06
Dixo Company, Inc., et al., Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County, Docket No. L-508-06
Givaudan Fragrances Corp., et al., Superior Court of New Jersey, Passaic County, Docket No. L-423-06
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co., et al., Superior Court of New Jersey, Burlington County, Docket No. L-528-06
Pechter’s Baking Group LLC, et al., Superior Court of New Jersey, Hudson County, Docket No. L-4971-05
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp., et al., Superior Court of New Jersey, Passaic County, Docket No. L-1685-05
Sealy Corp., as the Successor-In-Interest to Stearns and Foster Bedding Corp., et al., Superior Court of New Jersey, Middlesex, Docket No. L-2948-06
Viacom, Inc., et al., Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County, Docket No. L1486-06
Online Travel Tax Case
Lake County Convention & Visitors Bureau, et al. v. Hotels.com LP, et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Case No. 2:06cv207
Pharmaceutical Average Wholesale Price
The State of Mississippi; Before the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation – MDL Docket No. 1456 – In Re Pharmaceutical Industry
The State of Oklahoma; ex rel., W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General of Oklahoma v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc., et al., District Court of Pottawatomie County, State of Oklahoma, Case No. CJ-2010-474
Puerto Rico MTBE
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico through the Environmental Quality Board v. Shell Oil Co., et al., United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico, Case No. 07-1505(ccc)
Canadian Tobacco
Tobacco Healthcare Cost Recovery Litigation
Foreign Legal Consultants to the provinces of British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan
U.S. Tobacco
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Philip Morris, Inc., Case No. 95-7378-J (MA)
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Case No. 97- 1910 (JAF) (D.P.R.)
State of Florida v. American Tobacco Co., Case No. 95-1466AH (FL)
State of Hawaii v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Case No. 97-0441-01 (HI)
State of Michigan v. Philip Morris, Inc., Case No. 96-84281-CZ (MI)
State of Mississippi Tobacco Litigation, Case No. 94-1429 (MS)
State of New Jersey v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Case No. C-254-96, (NJ)
State of Ohio v. Philip Morris, Inc., Case No. 97-C VH05-51 14 (OH)
State of Oklahoma v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Case No. CJ-96-1499-L (H) (OK)
State of South Carolina v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Case No. 97-CP-40- 1686 (SC)
State of Texas v. American Tobacco Co., Case No. 5:96CV91 (E.D. TX)
State of West Virginia v. American Tobacco Co., Case No. 94-C-1707 (WV)
Virgin Islands NRD
Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources, Robert S. Mathes, in his Capacity as Trustee for Natural Resources of the Territory of the United States Virgin Islands v. Century Alumina Co.,et al., United States District Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Croix, Civil Action No. 2005/62.
Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources v. St. Croix Alumina, L.L.C., Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Croix, Civil No. 730/06
Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Natural Resource v. Virgin Islands Alumina Co., et al., Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Croix, Civil No. 2006/772
Government of the United States Virgin Islands; Department of Planning and Natural Resources; and Commissioner Robert S. Mathes, in his capacity as Trustee for Natural Resources of the Territory of the United States Virgin Islands v. Vulcan Materials Co., et.al., United States District Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Thomas and St. John, Civil No. 2006/170
Robert S. Mathes, Commissioner of the Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources, in his capacity as Trustee for Natural Resources of the Territory of the United States Virgin Islands, and in his capacity as Assignee of the Claims of L’Henri, Inc. v. Vulcan Materials Co. and The Dow Chemical Co., United States District Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Thomas and St. John, Civil No. 2006-229
United States Virgin Islands, Department of Planning and Natural Resources v. St. Croix Renaissance Group, L.L.L.P., United States District Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Croix, Civil Action No. 2007/0114
Zyprexa
State of Alaska v. Eli Lilly & Co., Superior Court for the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District at Anchorage, Civil Action No. 3AN-06-05630 CI
State of Idaho v. Eli Lilly & Co., Not Filed
State of Utah v. Eli Lilly & Co., Third Judicial District Court of Salt Lake County, Utah, Civil Action No. 070907357
State of West Virginia v. Eli Lilly & Co., Circuit Court of Mason County, West Virginia, Civil Action No. 06-C-3 1-N
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