United States v. Philip Morris USA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 99-2496 (PLF) ) PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ____________________________________) OPINION On October 29, 2021, defendant tobacco manufacturers (“manufacturers”) and the national retailer groups (“retailers”) filed two motions in limine to exclude certain testimony proffered by plaintiffs’ expert witnesses. 1 The first motion alleges that two of plaintiffs’ experts – Dr. Frank Chaloupka and Dr. James Spaeth –…