The FILLING STATION, INC. v. Vilsack

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PRATT, District Judge.

This lawsuit is about the constitutionality of Iowa Code § 142A.6(6), which prohibits “[a] manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, retailer, or distributing agent or agent thereof’ from giving away “cigarettes or tobacco products” or providing “free articles, products, commodities, gifts, or concessions in any exchange for the purchase of cigarettes or tobacco products.” The Plaintiffs in this case are retailers who hold permits to sell tobacco products in the State of Iowa. They sued Defendants, Thomas Vilsack, the Governor of Iowa, and…