UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530-0001,

Plaintiff,
                                                                                                                                                            ANSWER to
                                                                                                                                                            COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES

vs.

PHILIP MORRIS, INC.
120 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017;

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R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY
401 North Main Street
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27102;

BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION
1500 Brown & Williamson Tower
Louisville, Kentucky 40202

directly and as successor by merger to
AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY
1500 Brown & Williamson Tower
Louisville, Kentucky 40202

LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY
714 Green Valley Road
Greensboro, North Carolina 27408;

THE LIGGETT GROUP, INC.
300 North Duke Street
Durham, North Carolina 27702

directly and as parent to
LIGGETT & MYERS, INC.
810 Craghead Street
Danville, Virginia 245141;

AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY
1500 Brown & Williamson Tower
Louisville, Kentucky 40202

directly and as successor to
the tobacco interests of
AMERICAN BRANDS, INC.
1700 East Putnam Avenue
Old Greenwich, Connecticut 06870;

PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES, INC.
120 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017;

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C.
Windsor House
50 Victoria Street
London SW1H ONL, England,

directly and as successor to
B.A.T. INDUSTRIES P.L.C.
Windsor House
50 Victoria Street
London SW1H ONL, England;

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO
(INVESTMENTS LTD.
Globe House
1 Water Street
London WC2R 3LA, England,

directly and as successor to
BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO
COMPANY, LTD.
Globe House
4 Temple Place
London WC2R 2PG, England;

THE COUNCIL FOR TOBACCO
RESEARCH-U.S.A., INC.
900 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022; and

THE TOBACCO INSTITUTE, INC.
1875 Street N.W., Suite 800
Washington, D.C. 20006

Defendants,


NUTS!

/signed/
Counsel for the Defendants

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