PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. v. U.S. FOOD & DRUG ADMIN.

Civil No. 1:15-cv-01590 (APM).

156 F.Supp.3d 36 (2016)

PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Signed January 13, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Franze, Robert N. Weiner, Arnold & Porter LLP, Miguel A. Estrada, Amir Cameron Tayrani, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Mark Steven Brown, Ashley Charles Parrish, King & Spalding, LLP, Noel John Francisco, Ryan Jeffrey Watson, Jones Day, Mark H. Lynch, Benjamin Conrad Block, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

James T. Nelson, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Amit P. Mehta, United States District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs are a group of tobacco companies1 who seek my recusal in this case primarily because my former law partner provided legal services to an anti-tobacco organization — the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids ("CTFK") — while I was in private practice. CTFK submitted comments to Defendant...

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