STATE OF MINNESOTA DISTRICT COURT

COUNTY OF RAMSEY SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Case Type: Other Civil

THE STATE OF MINNESOTA,

BY HUBERT H. HUMPHREY, III,

ITS ATTORNEY GENERAL, COURT FILE NO. C1-94-8565

and

BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD

OF MINNESOTA,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED,

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY,

BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION,

B.A.T. INDUSTRIES P.L.C.,

LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY,

THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY,

LIGGETT GROUP, INC.,

THE COUNCIL FOR TOBACCO RESEARCH - U.S.A., INC., and

THE TOBACCO INSTITUTE, INC.

Defendants.

AFFIDAVIT OF ROBERTA B. WALBURN

TO THE STATE OF MINNESOTA'S MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION

TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO COMPEL

THE PRODUCTION OF GAMBLING DOCUMENTS

__________________________________________________

STATE OF MINNESOTA )

) ss.

COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )

Roberta B. Walburn, being first duly sworn on oath, deposes and states as follows:

1. I am a partner at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi and I am one of the attorneys representing the State of Minnesota and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota in the cigarette litigation.

2. Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, American Psychiatric Association, Fourth Edition, 1994, pp. 175-181, 242-247, 609.

3. Exhibit 2 is a true and correct copy of The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of The Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1988, p.7.

4. Exhibit 3 is a true and correct copy of B.A.T. document 109884190-91 (Confidential).

5. Exhibit 4 is a true and correct copy of B.A.T. document 100503496-505 (Confidential).

6. Exhibit 5 is a true and correct copy of R.J. Reynolds document 500915683.

7. Exhibit 6 is a true and correct copy of Philip Morris document 2021118664-80 (Confidential - Category I).

8. Exhibit 7 is a true and correct copy of Philip Morris document 1003289921-22.

9. Exhibit 8 is a true and correct copy of B.A.T. document 109872505-508.

10. Exhibit 9 is a true and correct copy of Philip Morris Companies Inc. annual report, 1995.

FURTHER YOUR AFFIANT SAYETH NOT.

/s/ Roberta B. Walburn Roberta B. Walburn

SUBSCRIBED and sworn to before me

this 4th day of November, 1996.

/s/ Faye L. Carlisle

Notary Public

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