Legal Opinion
In re Light Cigarettes Marketing Sales Practices Litigation
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 26, 2010No. MDL Docket No. 1-09-MD-2068PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON PHILIP MORRIS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON PLAINTIFFS’ CLAIMS FOR PURCHASES AFTER DECEMBER 1, 2002
JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., Chief Judge.
Occasionally, the law’s logic leads to peculiar positions. To succeed on its motion for summary judgment, Philip Morris USA, Inc. (PM) must accept the Plaintiffs’ premise that it spent decades lying to the consuming public about the health effects of its light cigarettes,1 but it urges the Court to grant summary judgment against all claims that took place after it began telling the truth. PM’s argument has a certain tautological attractiveness: to…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Ramon M. Suarez v. Pueblo International, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
- Cadle Co. v. HayesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
- Cabán Hernández v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
- Vineberg v. BissonnetteCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2008
- McLaughlin v. American Tobacco Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In Re Light Cigarettes Marketing Sales PracticesDistrict Court, D. Maine · 2010