Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-ared-4_03-cv-00519/USCOURTS-ared-4_03-cv-00519-2/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Fraud

---

1

 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1).

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

WESTERN DIVISION

CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT

LISA WATSON and LORETTA LAWSON, PLAINTIFFS 

individually and on behalf of all others 

similarly situated

v. 4:03-CV-00519 GTE

PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES, INC. and 

PHILIP MORRIS, INC. DEFENDANTS

ORDER LIFTING STAY AND REMANDING CASE

At the direction of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in its Judgment entered on August 14,

2007, and filed herein as docket No. 50, and pursuant to the United States Supreme Court’s June 11,

2007 decision in Watson v. Philip Morris Cos., Inc., 127 U.S. 2301 (2007), this Court lacks subject

matter jurisdiction based on the federal officer removal provision1 relied upon by Defendants in

removing this case to federal court.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT the Stay imposed by this Court on January 30, 2006

(docket no. 38) be, and it is hereby, lifted. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT the case be, and it is hereby, REMANDED back to the

Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas, from which it was removed. The Clerk of the Court is

directed to take the appropriate action to facilitate the transfer forthwith.

IT IS SO ORDERED THIS 21st day of August, 2007.

 /s/Garnett Thomas Eisele 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Case 4:03-cv-00519-GTE Document 52 Filed 08/21/07 Page 1 of 1