PEOPLE EX REL. LOCKYER v. R.J. REYNOLDS

No. B160571

6 Cal.Rptr.3d 58 (2003)

The PEOPLE ex rel. Bill LOCKYER, as Attorney General, etc., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two

Review Granted January 28, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, H. Joseph Escher III, Marc C. Haber, and Chandra Miller Fienen, San Francisco, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Richard M. Frank, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Dennis Eckhart, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Peter M. Williams and Michelle Fogliani, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


ASHMANN-GERST, J.

Exercising independent review,1 we affirm summary judgment in favor of the People against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (R.J. Reynolds) for violating Health and Safety Code section 118950.2 We hold: (1) the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (FCLAA) does not preempt section 118950's restriction on the distribution of free cigarettes; (2) the distribution of free cigarettes on public...

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