Legal Opinion
Soliman v. Philip Morris Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 22, 2002No. 01-15387PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.
Christopher Columbus’s log records the first European encounters with tobacco. His crew observed Indians “carrying a charred, hollow wood in their hands and herbs to smoke in this wood, which they are in a habit of doing.”1 Bartolemé de Las Casas, a contemporary who witnessed Columbus’s return to Seville, described the consequences:
These muskets as we will call them, they call tabaco. I knew Spaniards on this island of Española (San Domingo) who were accustomed to take it, and being reprimanded by telling them it was a vice, they made reply that they were unable…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance v. KnudsonSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Dianne Castano v. The American Tobacco CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Lazar v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1996
- Norgart v. Upjohn Co.California Supreme Court · 1999
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Hamilton Materials, Inc. v. Dow Chemical Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
- Destfino v. ReiswigCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
- Grisham v. Philip Morris U.S.A., Inc.California Supreme Court · 2007
- Arturet-Vélez v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
- Soliman v. Philip Morris IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
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