Xcaliber International, Ltd. v. Georgia ex rel. Carr

ORDER

HONORABLE STEVE C. JONES, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Before the Court in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case is the State of Georgia’s motion to dismiss Xcaliber International, Ltd. LLC’s complaint. Doc. 14.1 Xcaliber, a tobacco product manufacturer, asserts that pieces of Georgia’s tobacco regulatory regime violate the Constitution’s Contracts and Equal Protection Clauses, as well as state law. Georgia insists that those causes of action all fail, either because the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, or because they do not state claims. Because the State is correct on both scores, its…