Legal Opinion
Philip Morris USA Inc. v. United States Food and Drug Administration
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 13, 2016No. Civil Action No. 2015-1590PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
Amit P. Mehta, United States District Judge
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiffs are a group of tobacco companies 1 who seek my recusal in this case primarily because my former law partner provided legal services to an anti-tobacco organization — the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (“CTFK”) — while I was in private practice. CTFK submitted comments to Defendant Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) supporting the regulatory action that Plaintiffs now challenge. My former law partner advised CTFK in connection with those comments.
Plaintiffs advance 28 U.S.C. § 455(b)(2) as their…
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