A.D. Bedell Wholesale Co., Inc. v. Philip Morris, Inc., 263 F.3d 239 (3d Cir. 2001), cert. denied, 534 U.S. 1081 (2002)

Tobacco manufacturers challenged the Master Settlement Agreement as an anticompetitive practice that violated the antitrust laws. The states argued it was protected by state action immunity. The court held it was not state action.

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