Legal Opinion
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. United States Food and Drug Administration
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 29, 2012No. Civil Action No. 2011-1482PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
RICHARD J. LEON, District Judge.
Plaintiffs in this case (“plaintiffs”) are five tobacco companies, which include the second-, third-, and fourth-largest tobacco manufacturers and the fifth-largest cigarette manufacturer in the United States. Complaint (“Compl.”), Aug. 16, 2011, ¶¶ 8-12 [Dkt. # 1]. In June 2011, defendant United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) published a Final Rule requiring (among other things) the display of nine new textual warnings — along with certain graphic images 1 such as diseased lungs and a cadaver bearing chest staples on an autopsy…
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