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MANGINI v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

Docket No. S034603.

7 Cal.4th 1057 (1994)

875 P.2d 73

31 Cal. Rptr.2d 358

JANET C. MANGINI, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

June 30, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Specthrie & Lerach, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, William S. Lerach, Leonard B. Simon, Eric A. Isaacson, Alan M. Mansfield, Artie Baran, Frank J. Janecek, Jr., Daren J. Quinn, Bushnell, Caplan & Fielding, Alan M. Caplan, Philip Neumark and April M. Strauss for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, Roderick E. Walston, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Herschel T. Elkins, Assistant Attorney General, Albert Norman Shelden, Deputy Attorney General, Robert Chartoff, Keker, Brockett & Van Nest, Gary M. Cohen and Daralyn J. Durie as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant. Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Robertson & Falk, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Robertson, Falk & Rabkin, Martin R. Glick, H. Joseph Escher III, Pamela T. Johann, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue and John L. Strauch for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

ARABIAN, J.

This lawsuit challenges an advertising campaign for Camel cigarettes featuring a cartoon character called Old Joe Camel. The campaign, it is claimed, improperly targets minors, and seeks to make cigarette smokers of them. The issue before us is whether the action is preempted by federal law. Its resolution requires us to interpret and apply the recent decision of Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc. ...

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