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PEOPLE v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 1-10-1736.

951 N.E.2d 1225 (2011)

351 Ill. Dec. 561

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee (Philip Morris, Inc.; American Tobacco Company, Inc.; Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Liggett & Myers, Inc.; Lorillard Tobacco Company, Inc.; United States Tobacco Company; B.A.T. Industries, P.L.C.; British American Tobacco Company, LTD.; Hill and Knowlton, Inc.; The Council for Tobacco Research-U.S.A.; and Tobacco Institute, Inc., Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

June 30, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, ( Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, Paul Berks , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for the People.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago ( Andrew R. McGaan, P.C. , Rana Barakat, of counsel), Jones Day, Washington, D.C. ( Noel J. Francisco , Hashim M. Mooppan , of counsel), for appellee.

OPINION

Justice STERBA delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 This appeal arises from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company's (Reynolds) advertisements in Rolling Stone magazine's Fortieth Anniversary issue and images Reynolds used in its "Camel Farm" promotional campaign. The State of Illinois filed a motion for a rule to show cause why Reynolds should not be held in contempt for violating a consent decree when Reynolds used a "cartoon" in...

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