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11-2475

European Community v. RJR Nabisco

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT

 At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals

for the Second Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall United

States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, in the City of New York,

on the 13th day of April, two thousand fifteen.

PRESENT: ROBERT A. KATZMANN,

Chief Judge,

DENNIS JACOBS,

JOSÉ A. CABRANES,

ROSEMARY S. POOLER,

REENA RAGGI,

RICHARD C. WESLEY,

PETER W. HALL,

DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON,

GERARD E. LYNCH,

DENNY CHIN,

RAYMOND J. LOHIER, JR.,

SUSAN L. CARNEY,

CHRISTOPHER F. DRONEY,

Circuit Judges.

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EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, acting on its own behalf

and on behalf of the Member States it has power to

represent, KINGDOM OF BELGIUM, REPUBLIC OF

FINLAND, FRENCH REPUBLIC, HELLENIC

REPUBLIC, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,

ITALIAN REPUBLIC, GRAND DUCHY OF

LUXEMBOURG, KINGDOM OF THE

NETHERLANDS, PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,

KINGDOM OF SPAIN, individually, KINGDOM OF

DENMARK, CZECH REPUBLIC, REPUBLIC OF

LITHUANIA, REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA, REPUBLIC

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OF MALTA, REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY, REPUBLIC

OF IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA, REPUBLIC

OF BULGARIA, REPUBLIC OF LATVIA, REPUBLIC

OF POLAND, REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA, KINGDOM

OF SWEDEN, REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS, SLOVAK

REPUBLIC, ROMANIA,

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

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RJR NABISCO, INC., R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO

COMPANY, R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO

INTERNATIONAL, INC., RJR ACQUISITION 

CORP., FKA NABISCO GROUP HOLDINGS CORP., 

RJR NABISCO HOLDINGS CORP., R.J. REYNOLDS 

TOBACCO HOLDINGS, INC., NABISCO GROUP 

HOLDINGS CORP., R.J. REYNOLDS GLOBAL

PRODUCTS, INC., REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC., 

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, a North 

Carolina Corporation,

Defendants-Appellees.

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For PlaintiffsAppellants: John J. Halloran, Jr., John J.

Halloran, Jr., P.C., White Plains,

NY, Kevin A. Malone, Carlos A.

Acevedo, Krupnick, Campbell, Malone,

Buser Slama, Hancock, Liberman P.A.,

Fort Lauderdale, FL.

For DefendantsAppellees: Gregory G. Katsas, John M. Gore,

Jones Day, Washington, D.C., Mark R.

Seiden, Jones Day, New York, NY. 

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ORDER

Following disposition of this appeal, an active judge

of the Court requested a poll on whether to rehear the case

en banc. A poll having been conducted and there being no

majority favoring en banc review, rehearing en banc is

hereby DENIED. 

Peter W. Hall, Circuit Judge, concurs by opinion in the

denial of rehearing en banc.

Dennis Jacobs, Circuit Judge, joined by José A.

Cabranes, Reena Raggi, Debra Ann Livingston, and Gerard E.

Lynch, dissents by opinion from the denial of rehearing en

banc.

José A. Cabranes, Circuit Judge, joined by Dennis

Jacobs, Reena Raggi, and Debra Ann Livingston, Circuit

Judges, dissents by opinion from the denial of rehearing en

banc.

Reena Raggi, Circuit Judge, joined by Dennis Jacobs,

José A. Cabranes, and Debra Ann Livingston, Circuit Judges,

dissents by opinion from the denial of rehearing en banc.

Gerard E. Lynch, Circuit Judge, dissents by opinion

from the denial of rehearing en banc.

FOR THE COURT:

CATHERINE O’HAGAN WOLFE, CLERK

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