Legal Opinion
State v. Philip Morris USA Inc.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided February 1, 2008No. 2006-360PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
¶ 1. Plaintiff, the State of Vermont, appeals a judgment of the Chittenden Superior Court compelling arbitration and dismissing this declaratory judgment suit. The State sought a ruling concerning the amount of money to be paid to the State in accordance with the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) entered into by the State, fifty-one other states and territories (settling states), and the major domestic cigarette manufacturers. The superior court ruled that the dispute was subject to an arbitration clause in the MSA, and dismissed the case. We affirm.
¶2. In reviewing an order of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Volt Info. Sciences, Inc. v. Bd. of Trustees of Leland Stanford Jr. U.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- State v. Philip Morris Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- Town of Brattleboro v. GarfieldSupreme Court of Vermont · 2006
- State v. Phillip Morris, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
- In Re Grievance of VerderberSupreme Court of Vermont · 2002
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- McGraw v. American Tobacco Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 2009
- State Ex Rel. Masto v. SECOND JUDICIAL DIST. CT.Nevada Supreme Court · 2009
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