Legal Opinion
McLaughlin v. American Tobacco Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 3, 2008No. Docket 06-4666-cvPublishedCited by 222 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge:
While redressing injuries caused by the cigarette industry is “one of the most troubling ... problems facing our Nation today,” FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 529 U.S. 120, 125, 120 S.Ct. 1291, 146 L.Ed.2d 121 (2000), not every wrong can have a legal remedy, cf. Pearl v. City of Long Beach, 296 F.3d 76, 89 (2d Cir.2002), at least not without causing collateral damage to the fabric of our laws. Plaintiffs’ putative class action suffers from an insurmountable deficit of collective legal or factual questions. Their claims are brought as based in fraud…
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