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ALTRIA GROUP, INC. v. GOOD

No. 07-562.

129 S.Ct. 538 (2008)

555 U.S. 70

172 L.Ed.2d 398

ALTRIA GROUP, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. Stephanie GOOD et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 15, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore B. Olson , for petitioners.

Davis C. Frederick , for respondents.

Douglas Hallward-Driemeier for United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting respondents.

Kenneth J. Parsigian , Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA, Theodore B. Olson , Counsel of Record, Mark A. Perry , Amir C. Tayrani , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., Kenneth S. Geller , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner Philip Morris USA Inc., Guy Miller Struve, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY, for Petitioner Altria Group, Inc.

Gerard V. Mantese , Mark Rossman , David Hansma , Mantese & Rossman, P.C., Troy, Michigan, David C. Frederick , Counsel of Record, Mark L. Evans , Kelly P. Dunbar , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., Thomas V. Urmy, Jr. , Todd S. Heyman , Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, Samuel W. Lanham, Jr. , Lanham Blackwell, P.A., Bangor, Maine, for respondents.

Respondents, who have for over 15 years smoked "light" cigarettes manufactured by petitioners, Philip Morris USA, Inc., and its parent company, Altria Group, Inc., claim that petitioners violated the Maine Unfair Trade Practices Act (MUTPA). Specifically, they allege that petitioners' advertising...

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