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992843P.pdf   09/01/2000  Robert Lyons, et al.  v.  Philip Morris, Inc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  99-2843
   District of Minnesota   
   Civil case - tobacco case. State court case against tobacco 
   companies to recover health care costs was properly 
   removed because ERISA preempts the state law claims; 
   trustees of health plans did not have standing to sue under 
   RICO for indirect injuries; district court properly dismissed 
   B.A.T. Industries for lack of personal jurisdiction.