**Exhibit 24.1**

 

**POWEROF ATTORNEY**

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Each person whosesignature appears below constitutes and appoints Patrick J. Moore and Craig A.Hunt, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his orher name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign Annual Reports onForm 10-K and all required interim reports and to file the same, with allexhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, regardingSmurfit-Stone Container Corporation, a Delaware corporation, with theSecurities and Exchange Commission and any other regulatory authority, grantingunto said attorney-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do andperform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in andabout the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might orcould do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that saidattorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause tobe done by virtue hereof.

 
| **Signature**                     | ** **        | **Title**                                     | ** **                      | **Date**               |
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------|
| ** **                        | ** **        | ** **                                    | ** **                      | ** **             |
| /s/ PATRICK J. MOORE              |              | Chairman, Chief  Executive Officer            |                            | February 25, 2010 |
| Patrick J. Moore                  |              | and Director                                  |                            |                   |
|                              |              | (Principal Executive  Officer)                |                            |                   |
|                              |              |                                          |                            |                   |
| /s/ PAUL K. KAUFMANN              |              | Senior Vice President  and Controller         |                            | February 25, 2010 |
| Paul K. Kaufmann                  |              | (Principal Financial  and Accounting Officer) |                            |                   |
|                              |              |                                          |                            |                   |
| /s/ JAMES R. BORIS                |              | Director                                      |                            |                   |
| James R. Boris                    |              |                                          |                            |                   |
|                              |              |                                          |                            |                   |
| /s/ CONNIE K. DUCKWORTH           |              | Director                                      |                            |                   |
| Connie K. Duckworth               |              |                                          |                            |                   |
|                              |              |                                          |                            |                   |
| /s/ STEVEN J. KLINGER             |              | Director                                      |                            |                   |
| Steven J. Klinger                 |              |                                          |                            |                   |
|                              |              |                                          |                            |                   |
| /s/ WILLIAM T. LYNCH,  JR.        |              | Director                                      |                            |                   |
| William T.  Lynch, Jr.       |              |                                          |                            |                   |
|                              |              |                                          |                            |                   |
| /s/ JAMES J. O’CONNOR        |              | Director                                      |                            |                   |
| James J. O’Connor            |              |                                          |                            |                   |
|                              |              |                                          |                            |                   |
| /s/ JERRY K. PEARLMAN             |              | Director                                      |                            |                   |
| Jerry K. Pearlman                 |              |                                          |                            |                   |
|                              |              |                                          |                            |                   |
| /s/ THOMAS A.  REYNOLDS, III |              | Director                                      |                            |                   |
| Thomas A.  Reynolds, III     |              |                                          |                            |                   |
|                              |              |                                          |                            |                   |
| /s/ WILLIAM D.  SMITHBURG         |              | Director                                      |                            |                   |
| William D. Smithburg              |              |                                          |                            |                   |
|                              |              |                                          |                            |                   |
| * By                              | /s/ CRAIG A. HUNT |                                          | Pursuant to Powers of  Attorney |                   | February 25, 2010 |
| Craig  A. Hunt                    |              | filed as part of Form 10-K               |                            |                   |
|                                   |                   |                                               |                                 |                        |  |

 

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