Legal Opinion

Freedom Holdings, Inc. v. Spitzer

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided May 18, 2005No. Docket No. 04-4996-CVPublishedCited by 122 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JACOBS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Freedom Holdings, Inc. and International Tobacco Partners, Ltd., cigarette importers, appeal from the denial of a preliminary injunction by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Hellerstein, J.), against enforcement of New York legislation that imposes burdens on firms that have not joined the Master Settlement Agreement (“MSA”). Freedom Holdings, Inc. v. Spitzer, No. 02 Civ. 2939(AKH), 2004 WL 2035334 (S.D.N.Y. Sept.14, 2004). We affirm.

BACKGROUND

In 1998, to settle numerous state lawsuits filed against the major cigarette…

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