Court Can't Quit DOJ's Tobacco Case

Court Can't Quit DOJ's Tobacco Case
The National Law Journal

In 92 pages last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit dug into one of the largest civil racketeering cases the Justice Department has ever brought: the mail and wire fraud suit against major cigarette manufacturers. The appeals court's opinion in U.S. v. Philip Morris USA largely upheld a landmark ruling against a group of tobacco companies for a decades-long conspiracy to dupe consumers about the health effects of smoking. But the judgment on that judgment has been mixed. [more]