Legal Opinion
United States v. Philip Morris USA Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 22, 2015No. 13-5028, 14-5161PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, the fifth in this long-running RICO case .against the nation’s cigarette manufacturers, defendants challenge a district court order requiring that they add two statements to their cigarette packages and advertisements: an announcement that a federal court has ruled that they “deliberately deceived the American public” about the dangers of cigarettes; and a declaration that they “intentionally designed cigarettes” to maximize addiction. Reading the extensive briefs the parties and their amici have submitted, one might think this case presents thorny,…
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