Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania by D. Michael FISHER, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. PHILLIP MORRIS, INC.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; B.A.T. Industries, PLC.; the American Tobacco Company, Inc., c/o Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Liggett Group, Inc.; United States Tobacco Company; the Tobacco Institute, Inc.; the Council for Tobacco Research - U.S.A., Inc.; Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc.; and Hill & Knowlton, Inc. The County of Allegheny, Appellant
Court: Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1999-08-09
Citations: 736 A.2d 693
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania by D. Michael FISHER, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. PHILLIP MORRIS, INC.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; B.A.T. Industries, PLC.; the American Tobacco Company, Inc., c/o Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Liggett Group, Inc.; United States Tobacco Company; the Tobacco Institute, Inc.; the Council for Tobacco Research - U.S.A., Inc.; Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc.; and Hill & Knowlton, Inc. The County of Allegheny, Appellant.
Judges: Before COLINS, President Judge, DOYLE, J., McGINLEY, J., SMITH, J., FRIEDMAN, J., KELLEY, J. and LEADBETTER, J.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 736
Pages: 693–704

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania by D. Michael FISHER, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. PHILLIP MORRIS, INC.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; B.A.T. Industries, PLC.; the American Tobacco Company, Inc., c/o Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Liggett Group, Inc.; United States Tobacco Company; the Tobacco Institute, Inc.; the Council for Tobacco Research - U.S.A., Inc.; Smokeless Tobacco Council, Inc.; and Hill & Knowlton, Inc. The County of Allegheny, Appellant.
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted on Briefs April 14, 1999.
Decided Aug. 9, 1999.
Joel M. Ressler, Harrisburg, Thomas L. VanKirk, Pittsburgh, Reeder R. Fox, Philadelphia, for appellee.
William Pietragallo, II, Kerry A. Fraas, Henry M. Sneath, J. Kerrington Lewis, Pittsburgh, for appellant.
Before COLINS, President Judge, DOYLE, J., McGINLEY, J., SMITH, J., FRIEDMAN, J., KELLEY, J. and LEADBETTER, J.

Opinion:
ORDER
LEADBETTER, Judge.
AND NOW, this 9th day of August, 1999, upon consideration of the praecipe of appellant Allegheny County to discontinue appeals, which is treated as a motion to discontinue, the motion is GRANTED and the above appeals of Allegheny County shall be marked discontinued and ended, with prejudice.
Dissenting opinion by Judge KELLEY.