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  "id": 3803584,
  "name": "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Plaintiff v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., f/k/a PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED; R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, individually and as successor to R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY and BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION; and LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY, Defendants",
  "name_abbreviation": "State v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.",
  "decision_date": "2005-01-20",
  "docket_number": "No. 2P05",
  "first_page": "277",
  "last_page": "278",
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      "cite": "359 N.C. 277"
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "N.C.",
    "id": 9292,
    "name": "Supreme Court of North Carolina"
  },
  "jurisdiction": {
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    "name_long": "North Carolina",
    "name": "N.C."
  },
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  "casebody": {
    "judges": [
      "Justice Wainwright is recused and took no part in the consideration or determination of the petition and motions.",
      "Bradv. J."
    ],
    "parties": [
      "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Plaintiff v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., f/k/a PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED; R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, individually and as successor to R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY and BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION; and LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY, Defendants"
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "ORDER\nAfter consideration of petitioners\u2019, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as trustee of the National Tobacco Grower Settlement Trust, the Georgia Tobacco Community Development Board, the Kentucky Tobacco Settlement Trust Corporation, the State of Maryland Certification Entity, the North Carolina Phase II Tobacco Certification Entity, Inc., the Pennsylvania Certification Entity, the Tennessee Tobacco Farmers\u2019 Certifying Board, and the Virginia Tobacco Trust Certification Board, Inc. (herein \u201cpetitioner-appellants\u201d) petition and motions, filed 5 January 2005, and respondents\u2019, Philip Morris USA Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (successor to R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.), and Lorillard Tobacco Company (herein \u201crespondentappellees\u201d) responses thereto, filed 12 January 2005, the Court orders as follows:\n1. Petitioner-appellants\u2019 petition for discretionary review prior to determination in the Court of Appeals is allowed.\n2. Petition-appellants\u2019 motions to suspend appellate rules to expedite decision on petition in public interest are allowed as follows:\na. The proposed record on appeal shall be served on or before 27 January 2005; objections to the proposed record on appeal shall be served within 20 (twenty) days from service of the proposed record on appeal; judicial settlement of the record on appeal, if necessary, shall occur within 30 (thirty) days from the date objections must filed; and the record on appeal shall be filed with the Clerk of the Supreme Court within 15 (fifteen) days after settlement of the record on appeal.\nb. Petitioner-appellants\u2019 brief shall be filed and served within 30 (thirty) days after service of the printed record by the Clerk of the Supreme Court; respondent-appellees\u2019 brief shall be filed and served within 30 (thirty) days after service of petitioner-appellants\u2019 brief; and any permitted reply brief shall be filed and served within 14 (fourteen) days after service of respondent-appellees\u2019 brief.\n3. Petitioner-appellants\u2019 motions to shorten time for response are dismissed as moot inasmuch as respondent-appellees responded on 7 and 12 January 2005.\nJustice Wainwright is recused and took no part in the consideration or determination of the petition and motions.\nBy order of the Court in Conference, this 20th day of January 2005.\nBradv. J.\nFor the Court",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": null
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [],
    "corrections": "",
    "head_matter": "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Plaintiff v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., f/k/a PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED; R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, individually and as successor to R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY and BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION; and LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY, Defendants\nNo. 2P05"
  },
  "file_name": "0277-01",
  "first_page_order": 315,
  "last_page_order": 316
}