STATE OF MINNESOTA DISTRICT COURT
COUNTY OF RAMSEY SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Case Type: Other Civil
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA,
COURT FILE NO. C1-94-8565
BY HUBERT H. HUMPHREY, III,
ITS ATTORNEY GENERAL,
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 PAUL R. DIESETH IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS'
MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS BY THE
STATE OF MINNESOTA CONCERNING ADDICTION TO, YOUTH
ACCESS TO, AND STATE INVOLVEMENT IN GAMBLING
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
) ss.
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )
Paul R. Dieseth, being duly sworn on oath, deposes and states:
1. I am an attorney with the firm of Dorsey & Whitney LLP, and am
one of the attorneys representing Philip Morris Incorporated in this matter.
The facts stated herein are known to me of my own personal knowledge and,
if called upon as a witness, I could and would testify competently to them.
2. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of the State
of Minnesota's Responses and Objections to Defendants' Sixth Request for
Production of Documents.
3. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of excerpts
from the transcript of the October 10, 1996 telephonic meet and confer.
4. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of excerpts
from Philip Morris Incorporated's Response to Plaintiff's First Set of
Requests for Production of Documents.
5. Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a true and correct copy of excerpts
from Philip Morris Incorporated's Responses to Plaintiffs' First Set of
Interrogatories.
6. Attached hereto as Exhibit E is a true and correct copy of Minnesota
State Lottery Fiscal Year 1994 Annual Report.
7. Attached hereto as Exhibit F is a true and correct copy of "Dead
Broke: How gamblers are killing themselves, bankrupting their families
and costing Minnesota millions," Minneapolis Star-Tribune,
Dec. 3, 1995, A1.
8. Attached hereto as Exhibit G is a true and correct copy of "Dead
Broke: Prevention starts with education, awareness," Minneapolis
Star-Tribune, Dec. 6, 1995, A16.
9. Attached hereto as Exhibit H is a true and correct copy of State
of Minnesota Advisory Council on Gambling, Final Report to the Legislature
and Governor (Feb. 1, 1996).
10. Attached hereto as Exhibit I is a true and correct copy of excerpts
from American Psychiatric Association, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorders, 243-47, 615-18 (4th ed. 1994).
11. Attached hereto as Exhibit J is a true and correct copy of "Dead
Broke: Minnesota is unsure how best to help gamblers and treatment efforts
have been unaccountable," Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Dec. 6,
1995, A1.
12. Attached hereto as Exhibit K is a true and correct copy of Hickey,
Haertzen, and Henningfield, "Simulation of Gambling Responses on the
Addiction Research Center Inventory," 11 Addictive Behaviors
345 (1986).
13. Attached hereto as Exhibit L is a true and correct copy of Coventry
& Brown, "Sensation seeking, gambling, and gambling addiction,"
88 Addiction 541 (1993).
14. Attached hereto as Exhibit M is a true and correct copy of Meintz
& Larson, "Can You Spot This Kind of Addiction?" Reg.
Nurse 42 (July 1994).
15. Attached hereto as Exhibit N is a true and correct copy of Rosenthal
& Lorenz, "The Pathological Gambler As Criminal Offender,"
15 Clinical Forensic Psychiatry 647 (Sept. 1992).
16. Attached hereto as Exhibit O is a true and correct copy of Dickerson,
"Compulsive Gambling As An Addiction: Dilemmas," 22 Scot.
Med. J. 251 (1977).
17. Attached hereto as Exhibit P is a true and correct copy of "Dead
Broke: Theories emerge on why it's so hard to stop," Minneapolis
Star-Tribune, Dec. 6, 1995, A15.
18. Attached hereto as Exhibit Q is a true and correct copy of "Chances
Are: Do the social costs outweigh the benefits of legalized gambling?"
University of Minnesota Alumni 6 (Fall 1996).
19. Attached hereto as Exhibit R is a true and correct copy of Volberg,
"The Prevalence and Demographics of Pathological Gamblers: Implications
for Public Health," 84 Am. J. of Public Health 237 (Feb. 1994).
20. Attached hereto as Exhibit S is a true and correct copy of Bentall,
Fisher, Kelly, Bromley, & Hawksworth, "The Use of Arcade Gambling
Machines: demographic characteristics of users and patterns of use,"
84 British J. of Addiction 555 (1989).
21. Attached hereto as Exhibit T is a true and correct copy of Philip
Morris Incorporated's Responses to Plaintiffs' Six Set of Requests for
Production of Documents.
FURTHER AFFIANT SAITH NOT.
/s/Paul R. Dieseth
Paul R. Dieseth
Sworn and subscribed to before me
this 21st day of October, 1996.
/s/
Notary Public