Legal Opinion
Nwanze v. Philip Morris Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 7, 2000No. 97 CIV. 7344(LBS)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SAND, District Judge.
This case is brought by 435 non-smoking inmates who claim that they have been unlawfully exposed to excessive quantities of environmental tobacco smoke (“ETS”), also known as second-hand smoke. The Defendants are tobacco manufacturers and their trade associations (“private party defendants”), as well as Kathleen Hawk, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”). Presently before the Court are the Defendants’ motions to dismiss the Complaint, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), on the ground that it fails to state a claim…
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