Legal Opinion
Philip Morris Inc. v. Harshbarger
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 18, 1997No. 97-1372PublishedCited by 192 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
This appeal implicates the constitutionality of a Massachusetts statute requiring manufacturers of tobacco products to disclose the additives and nicotine-yield ratings of then-products to the state’s public health department. See Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, § 307B (the “Disclosure Act”). Plaintiffs-appellants, various manufacturers of cigarette and smokeless tobacco products (collectively, “the manufacturers”), 1 appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees, the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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3Cited by192 opinions
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