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021684P.pdf   09/16/2003  Group Health  v.  Philip Morris
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  02-1684
                          and No:  02-1688
   District of Minnesota   
   Civil case - Tobacco cases. District court did not err in granting 
   summary judgment on health maintenance organizations' damages 
   claim under Minnesota misrepresentation statutes, as the groups did 
   not make out a submissible case on the issue of damages; district 
   court did not abuse its discretion in performing its gatekeeper function 
   under Daubert when it excluded the testimony of the organizations' 
   damages expert; case remanded for further proceedings on the 
   organizations' claims for injunctive relief. Dissent by Judge Hansen.