Legal Opinion
Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Scott
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided September 24, 2010No. 10A273In-chambersCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Justice Scalia, Circuit Justice.
Respondents brought this class action against several tobacco companies on behalf of all Louisiana smokers. The suit alleged that the companies defrauded the plaintiff class by “distort[ing] the entire body of public knowledge” about the addictive effects of nicotine. Scott v. American Tobacco Co., 2004-2095, p. 14 (La. App. 2/7/07), 949 So. 2d 1266, 1277. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal of Louisiana granted relief on that theory, and entered a judgment requiring applicants to pay $241,540,488 (plus accumulated interest of about $29 million) to fund a…
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