FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION et al.
v.
BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP. et al.
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Argued December 1, 1999.
Decided March 21, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Solicitor General Waxman argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Acting Assistant Attorney General Ogden, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Schultz, Irving L. Gornstein, Eugene Thirolf, Douglas Letter, Gerald C. Kell, Chris-tine N. Kohl, Margaret Jane Porter, Karen E. Schifter, and Patricia J. Kaeding.
Richard M. Cooper argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief for respondent R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. was Steven M. Umin. Andrew S. Krulwich, Bert W. Rein, Thomas W. Kirby, and Michael L. Robinson filed a brief for respondent Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. Larry B. Sitton filed a brief for respondents United States Tobacco Co. et al. William C. MacLeod filed a brief for respondents National Association of Convenience Stores et al. Peter T. Grossi, Jr., Arthur N. Levine, Jeff Richman, Richard A. Merrill, and Herbert Dym filed a brief for respondents Philip Morris Inc. et al.*
O'Connor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Stevens, Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined, p. 161.
United States Supreme Court.
Justice O'Connor, delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case involves one of the most troubling public health problems facing our Nation today: the thousands of premature deaths that occur each year because of tobacco use. In 1996, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), after having expressly disavowed any such authority since its inception, asserted jurisdiction to regulate tobacco products. See 61 Fed. Reg. 44619-45318...
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