Legal Opinion
Kt & G Corp. v. ATTORNEY GEN. OF STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 23, 2008No. 05-5175, 05-5178PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
In 1998, forty-six states, as well as several territories (“the settling states”), entered into a Master Settlement Agreement (“MSA”) with the four major tobacco companies. By that agreement, the settling states agreed to release the tobacco companies from liability for claims the states had against them to recover for tobacco-related health costs, and the tobacco companies in turn agreed to make annual payments to the states in perpetuity. Pursuant to the MSA, each of the settling states also enacted legislation that required tobacco manufacturers who sell cigarettes in a…
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