State v. Philip Morris Usa, 612 S.E.2d 135 (2005)
STATE
v.
PHILIP MORRIS USA et al.
No. 2PA05.
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
March 16, 2005.
Richard W. Ellis, Raleigh, for Trustee and NC Entity.
Matthew W. Sawchak, Thomas D. Blue, Jr., Raleigh, for JP Morgan.
Sidney R. Barrett, Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, for Georgia Development Board.
Michael Plumley, Assistant Attorney General, for Kentucky Tobacco Corp.
Joel M. Ressler, Chief Deputy Attorney General, for Pennsylvania Cert. Entity.
Daniel W. Champney, Assistant Attorney General, for Tennessee Certifying Board.
Alexander H. Slaughter, Richmond, VA, for Virginia Certification Board.
Scott Oostdyk, Pittsburgh, PA, for Virginia Tobacco Trust Cert. Board.
Jim W. Phillips, Jr., Greensboro, for Lorillard and R.J. Reynolds.
Larry B. Sitton, Greensboro, for Philip Morris.
Kieran J. Shanahan, Raleigh, for NC Tobacco Growers Association.
Craig A. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, for Maryland Certification Entity.
Stephen A. Woodson, Associate General Counsel, for NC Farm Bureau Federation.
The following order has been entered on the motion filed on the 16th day of March 2005 by Amicus (N.C. Farm Bureau Federation, Inc.) to allow Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation join in the Amici Curiae Brief of N.C. Farm Bureau Federation, et al:
*136"Motion Allowed by order of the Court in conference this the 16th day of March 2005."