Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Cooper v. Seneca-Cayuga Tobacco Co.
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided May 19, 2009No. COA08-812PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERVIN, Judge.
The State of North Carolina (the State) appeals from an order entered 5 May 2008 in Wake County Superior Court granting a motion to dismiss filed by Seneca-Cayuga Tobacco Company and Seneca-Cayuga Tribal Tobacco Corporation, the successor in interest to Seneca-Cayuga Tobacco Company (together, Defendants). We affirm the trial court’s order.
In November 1998, North Carolina and forty-five other states signed a Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) with four major tobacco manufacturers for the purpose of settling claims that North Carolina could have otherwise asserted against those…
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