Legal Opinion
Freedom Holdings, Inc. v. Cuomo
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 18, 2010No. Docket 09-0547-cvPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REENA RAGGI, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs Freedom Holdings, Inc., and International Tobacco Partners, Ltd., are cigarette importers. They filed this putative class action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Alvin K. Hellerstein, Judge) to enjoin the enforcement of New York statutes enacted in furtherance of a 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (“MSA”) between a number of tobacco companies and various government entities, including New York State. Plaintiffs contend that the laws at issue, N.Y. Pub. Health Law §§ 1399-nn — 1399-pp (the “Escrow Statute”), and…
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