BRUBAKER AMUSEMENT CO., INC. v. U.S.

Nos. 01-5070, 01-5080, 01-5083, 01-5084, 01-5120.

304 F.3d 1349 (2002)

BRUBAKER AMUSEMENT CO., INC., Pavlic Vending Service, Inc., Automated Services, Inc., B&G Enterprises, Ltd., A-1 Cigarette Vending, Inc., A&B Cigarette Service, Inc., A&H Vending Co., Inc., A. Van Brackel & Sons, Inc., Ace Vending Company, Adams & Adams, Inc., Advanced Vending Co., Advanced Cigarette Service, Aero Merchandising Corporation, Al Faini Vending, Inc., All Star Amusements, Alliance Vending, Inc., Anders Vending Service, Anderson Games Co., Inc., Apple Vending Co., Inc., Atlas Vending, Automatic Music & Vending Corporation, Automatic Refreshment Service, Inc., Automatic Vending Service Corporation, Automatic Merchandising Co., James A. Lewis d/b/a B&H Vendors, Ballard Vendors, Becker Enterprises, Big State Vending Co., Inc., Blue Chip Vending Co., Bob's Music & Cigarette Vending, Inc., C&N Sales Co., Inc., Chuck's Cigarette & Vending, Cigarette Vending Service of Dallas, Inc., Class A Vending, Coin-Operated Vending Co., Colonial Vending Company, Comprehensive Vending Sales, Ct's Vending, Inc., Dean Superior Vending Co., D.C. Vending Company, Inc., Dicarlo Vending Co., Dollar, Vending Company, Edward J. Zarick, Inc. (doing business as All-Star Vending), Ellis Amusement, Inc., Empire Smokes, Inc., Fred Totera Vending, Inc., General Vending Services, Inc., Happy House Amusements, Hazelwood Corporation, Hillman Vending Co., Inc., Hughes Music Company I.T. Vending & Novelty Corporation, Isle Vending, Inc., J&V Coin Machine Co., J.S. Vending, Inc., Jre, Inc. (doing business as FM Vending), K&R Services, Inc., Kay-Cee Vending, Inc., Kenton Novelty Co., Inc., Larry's Amusement & Vending Co., Lowell Vending Co., Inc., M.J. White, Inc., Mannie's Vending, Mark V. Hanks Cigarette Vending, Melo-Tone Vending, Inc., Melody Vending Service, Mendota Valley Amusement, Inc., Miami Valley Automated Associated, Inc., Miller Amusement & Vending Co., Modern Cigarette Service, N.W. Services, Inc., Newman Amusement, Inc., Newport Music Co., Inc., Northern Amusement, Inc., Ohio Vending Machine, Inc., Owen Music and Games, Paramount Vending, Inc., Penn Triple S t/a Penn Vending Company, Piedmont Bottling & Vending Co., Pioneer Vending, Inc., Pride Vending, Inc., PSI Vending II, Quality Entertainment Company, Reliable Vending Service, Inc., Rendezvous Music & Vending, Roy George Music & Vending Corporation, Royal Vending Company, Russel-Hall Amusements & Vending, Shaffer Services, Inc., Stansfield Vending, Inc., State Music Distributors, Inc., Suburban Vending, Superior Vending Corporation, T.D. Rowe Corporation, Total Service Corporation, VGI Vending, Inc., Video Distributors, Inc., W.L. Perry Music Co., Inc., Wayne Vending Corporation, Western Automatic Music, Inc., Williams Enterprises, Inc., Krueger Vending Services, Brian Suemnicht (doing business as Home Service Vending Company), and Anderson Vending & Coffee Service, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 14, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas B. McFadden, McFadden & Shoreman, P.C., of Washington, DC, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. With him on the brief was John M. Shoreman.

Mark A. Melnick, Assistant Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. With him on the brief were Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Assistant Attorney General; and David M. Cohen, Director. Of counsel on the brief were Katherine M. Kelly, Trial Attorney, Department of Justice; Michael M. Landa, Acting Chief Counsel; and Karen E. Schifter, Associate Chief Counsel, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MA.

John D. Echeverria, Environmental Policy Project, Georgetown University Law Center, of Washington, DC, for amici curiae The American Cancer Society, et al.

Before MICHEL, BRYSON, and GAJARSA, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge GAJARSA. Opinion filed by Circuit Judge MICHEL, concurring.

GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.

This is a consolidated appeal of three cases, A-1 Cigarette Vending Inc., v. United States, No. 01-5120, B&G Enterprises, Ltd., v. United States, No. 01-5080, and Brubaker Amusement Co. v. United States, Nos. 01-5070, -5083, and -5084. The appellants, owners and operators of tobacco vending machine businesses...

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