COYNE BEAHM, INC. v. U.S. FOOD & DRUG ADMIN.

Nos. 2:95CV00591, 2:95CV00593, 6:95CV00665 and 2:95CV00706.

958 F.Supp. 1060 (1997)

COYNE BEAHM, INC., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Liggett Group, Inc., Lorillard Tobacco Company, Philip Morris, Incorporated, and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION and David A. Kessler, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Defendants. AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION, American Association of Advertising Agencies, Inc., Association of National Advertisers, Inc., Magazine Publishers of America, Outdoor Advertising Association of America, Point of Purchase Advertising Institute, Plaintiffs, v. David A. KESSLER, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, and United States Food & Drug Administration, Defendants. UNITED STATES TOBACCO COMPANY, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Conwood Company, L.P., National Tobacco Company, L.P., the Pinkerton Tobacco Company, Swisher International, Inc., Central Carolina Grocers, Inc., J.T. Davenport, Inc., N.C. Tobacco Distributors Committee, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION and David A. Kessler, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Defendants. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES, ACME Retail, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. David A. KESSLER, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, and United States Food & Drug Administration, Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. North Carolina, Greensboro Division.

April 25, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith W. Vaughan, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, NC, for plaintiffs in No. 2:95CV00591.

Deborah M. Autor, Trial Attorney, Gerald C. Kell, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Walter Clintin Holton, Jr., Office of U.S. Attorney, Greensboro, NC, for U.S. Food and Drug Admin., David A. Kessler, M.D. in Nos. 2:95CV00591, 2:95CV00593 and 2:95CV00706.

Edwin M. Speas, Jr., Thomas F. Moffitt, N.C. Department of Justice, Office of Attorney General, Raleigh, NC, for amici James B. Hunt, Comm. of Agriculture, James A. Graham in No. 2:95CV00591.

Claude A. Allen, Commonwealth of Virginia, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, VA, for amicus Cmwlth. of Virginia in No. 2:95CV00591.

George M. Cleland, Winston-Salem, NC, for amici Public Citizen, National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Cancer Society, American College of Preventive Medicine, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, American Medical Association, American Medical Women's Association, American Public Health Association, HMO Group, National Association of Elementary School Principals, National Association of Secondary School Principals, National PTA, American Society of Addiction Medicine in Nos. 2:95CV00591, 2:95CV00593, 6:95CV00665 and 2:95CV00706.

James S. Alexander, Office of Minnesota Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, for movant State of Minnesota in Nos. 2:95CV00591, 6:95CV00665 and 2:95CV00706.

Eric C. Rowe, C. Allen Foster, Patton Boggs, L.L.P., Greensboro, NC, Garret G. Rasmussen, Patton Boggs, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for American Advertising Federation, American Association of Advertising Agencies, Association of National Advertisers, Inc., Magazine Publishers of America, Outdoor Advertising Association of America and Point of Purchase Advertising Institute in No. 2:95CV00593.

Robert W. Kaylor, Law Office of Robert W. Kaylor, P.A., Raleigh, NC, Penelope Kilburn Shapiro, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC, for amici Washington Legal Foundation, Mario Andretti, Don Garlits, Al Unser, Rusty Wallace, Cale Yarborough, Richard Burr, Cass Ballenger, Howard Coble, David Funderburk, Lauch Faircloth in No. 2:95CV00593.

Peter S. Pappas, Daniel W. Fouts, Adams Kleemeier Hagan Hannah & Fouts, Greensboro, NC, for amicus Commonwealth of Kentucky in No. 2:95CV00593.

George M. Cleland, Winston-Salem, NC, Alan B. Morrison, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Matthew L. Myers, National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids, Washington, DC, for amici Public Citizen, National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Cancer Society, American College of Preventive Medicine, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, American Medical Association, American Medical Women's Association, American Public Health Association, HMO Group, National Association of African Americans for Positive Imagery, National Association of Elementary School Principals, National Association of Secondary School Principals, National PTA in No. 2:95CV00593.

George M. Cleland, Winston-Salem, NC, for amicus American Society of Addiction Medicine in No. 2:95CV00593.

Robert W. Kaylor, Law Office of Robert W. Kaylor, P.A., Raleigh, NC, Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC, for movant Washington Legal Foundation in No. 2:95CV00593.

Larry B. Sitton, Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, Greensboro, NC, for plaintiff United States Tobacco Company in No. 6:95CV00665.

Norwood Robinson, Robinson & Lawing, Winston-Salem, NC, for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Conwood Company, L.P., National Tobacco Company, L.P., Pinkerton Tobacco Company, Swisher International, Inc., Central Carolina Grocers, Inc., Davenport, J.T., Inc. in No. 6:95CV00665.

John R. Jordan, Jr., Jordan, Price, Wall, Gray & Jones, L.L.P., Raleigh, NC, for N.C. Tobacco Distributors Committee, Inc. in No. 6:95CV00665.

Deborah M. Autor, Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington DC, Gill P. Beck, Walter Clintin Holton, Jr., Office of U.S. Attorney, Greensboro, NC, Gerald C. Kell, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for United States Food & Drug Administration, David A. Kessler, M.D. in No. 6:95CV00665.

Peter G. Pappas, Daniel W. Fouts, Adams Kleemeier Hagan Hannah & Fouts, Greensboro, NC, for amicus Commonwealth of Kentucky in No. 6:95CV00665 and 2:95CV00706.

Margaret C. Lumsden, Hunton & Williams, Raleigh, NC, R. Timothy Columbus, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, Washington, DC, Frank A. Hirsch, Jr., Andrew Dean Shore, Hunton & Williams, Charlotte, NC, for Nat. Assoc. of Convenience Stores, Acme Retail, Inc. in No. 2:95CV00706.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

OSTEEN, District Judge.

This case comes before the court on Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment.1 In August 1996, the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") published in the Federal Register "Regulations Restricting the Sale and Distribution of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco to Protect Children and Adolescents" ("Regulations"). 61 Fed.Reg. 44,396 (1996). Plaintiffs now seeks summary judgment...

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