Tobacco Cases

United States v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., et al.
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Look here for reports, resources, and commentary about the civil racketeering trial and visit the DOJ's Trial Website for key resources.

4-2-07 - TCRC Publishes a Law Synopsis and Analysis of Judge Kessler's Opinion and Order in US v. Philip Morris (pdf).
8-17-06 - Cigarette Companies Violated Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act; Judge Imposes Remedies Please see our Background and Commentary; Final Opinion (pdf) issued by Judge Kessler; Final Judgment and Remedial Order (pdf) issued by Judge Kessler.
6-17-05 - TCRC Publishes a Final Trial Summary for U.S. v. Philip Morris (pdf).
6-16-05 - TPLP Issues a Freedom of Information Act Request (pdf) to the U.S. Department of Justice.
6-8-05 - TPLP to Issue FOIA to DOJ to Justice Department to Determine Whether Administration's Tobacco Industry Ties Have Interfered in Racketeering Trial.
2-4-05 - Backgrounder and Commentary on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia's 2-1 decision eliminating the potential remedy of disgorgement from the U.S. Government's racketeering trial against the cigarette industry.
2-4-05 - TCRC Publishes a Mid-Trial Report summarizing U.S. v. Philip Morris (pdf)
Backgrounder for U.S. v. Philip Morris, Inc., et al. including Questions and Answers and a timeline for this historic case set for trial on September 21 and Pre-trial timeline.
Is the government correctly using the RICO statute to enforce the law against Big Tobacco? The law professor who drafted RICO, G. Robert Blakey, explains why the answer is yes in his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee.