Legal Opinion
In Re Light Cigarettes Marketing Sales Practices Litigation
District Court, D. Maine
Decided March 5, 2010No. MDL 1-09-MD-2068PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR APPLICATION OF THE COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL DOCTRINE
JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., Chief Judge.
In her landmark 2006 opinion handing down a decisive victory to the Government over the tobacco company defendants, Judge Kessler described the litigation in United States v. Philip Morris USA, Inc. (DOJ):
The seven-year history of this extraordinarily complex case involved the exchange of millions of documents, the entry of more than 1,000 Orders, and a trial which lasted approximately nine months with 84 witnesses testifying in open court. 1
Judge Kessler’s exhaustive August 17,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Parklane Hosiery Co. v. ShoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Taylor v. SturgellSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Altria Group, Inc. v. GoodSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Philip Morris USA v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Kenneth W. Martin v. John P. Malhoyt, John Doe(s) Shirley Ann Stevens v. David H. Stover, John DoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Canadian National Railway Co. v. Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, Inc.District Court, D. Maine · 2011
- Dorato v. SmithDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 2015
- Shaffer v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.District Court, D. Arizona · 2012
- In re Light Cigarettes Marketing Sales Practices LitigationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2010
- Bifolck v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.District Court, D. Connecticut · 2020
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