R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. v. USDA

Civ. No. 14-cv-1388 (KBJ).

130 F.Supp.3d 356 (2015)

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Signed September 17, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashley Charles Parrish , Jeffrey S. Bucholtz , Mark Steven Brown, King & Spalding, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc.

Peter J. Phipps , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants United States Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, Commodity Credit Corporation, Thomas J. Vilsack and Juan M. Garcia.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

Congress enacted the Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 (the "FETRA"), Pub.L. 108-357 § 601, 118 Stat. 1418, 1521 (2004) (codified at 7 U.S.C. §§ 518 et seq.), to wean tobacco farmers off of U.S. government subsidies at the expense...

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