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p. 178PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. v. WILLIAMS, personal representative of the ESTATE OF WILLIAMS, DECEASED No. 07-1216. Argued December 3, 2008 Decided March 31, 2009
Stephen M. Shapiro argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Andrew L. Frey, Andrew H. Schapiro, Lauren R. Goldman, Kenneth S. Geller, Miguel A. Estrada, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., David J. Debold, Kenneth S. Geller, William F. Gary, and Sharon A. Rudnick.
Robert S. Peck argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were James S. Coon, Raymond F. Thomas, William A. Gaylord, Charles S. Tauman, Maureen Leonard, and Kathryn H. Clarke[1]
The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted.
It is so ordered.