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PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. v. SCOTT

No. 10A273.

131 S.Ct. 1 (2010)

561 U.S. 1301

PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., et al. v. Gloria SCOTT, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

September 24, 2010.

ON APPLICATION FOR STAY

Justice SCALIA, Circuit Justice.

Respondents brought this class action against several tobacco companies on behalf of all Louisiana smokers. The suit alleged that the companies defrauded the plaintiff class by "distort[ing] the entire body of public knowledge" about the addictive effects of nicotine. Scott v. American Tobacco Co., 2004-2095...

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