"This was a ruling against the plaintiff, not for Merck, " said plaintiff's lawyer Jeff Cooper of SimmonsCooper in Illinois, who has about 100 Vioxx cases filed.

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The screening-room designer most in demand is Jeff Cooper, an MIT-educated architect and acoustic engineer who has built facilities for George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Zemeckis and, most recently, Mr. Spielberg.

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"I was approached by Jeff Cooper, who is fronting the bid to have St Louis win one of the franchise slots, and I did have a lunch meeting with him three weeks ago, " he said.

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As part of his interview with Tony Cooper, Jeff asked him what he intended to do with the prize money.

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