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MSA Antitrust Precedents

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Cases in which the Tobacco Center has provided legal support and coordination for the Settling States’ successful defense of over 20 lawsuits challenging the MSA and related statutes on antitrust preemption grounds:

  • Hise v. Philip Morris Inc., 46 F. Supp. 2d 1201 (N.D. Okla. 1999), aff’d mem., 208 F.3d 226 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 531 U.S. 959 (2000).
  • PTI, Inc. v. Philip Morris Inc., 100 F. Supp. 2d 1179 (C.D. Cal. 2000).
  • North American Trading Co. v. National Ass’n of Attys Gen’l, Civ. Action No. 01-01600 (D.D.C. Sept. 18, 2001), aff’d, No. 01-7173 (D.C. Cir. Nov. 25, 2002).
  • A.D. Bedell Wholesale Co., Inc. v. Philip Morris, Inc., 263 F.3d 239 (3d Cir. 2001), cert. denied, 534 U.S. 1081 (2002).
  • Forces Action Project, LLC v. State of California, No. C99-0607MJJ (N.D. Cal. Jan. 15, 2002), aff’d, 2003 WL 1900848 (9th Cir. Apr. 17, 2003) (No. 02-15336).
  • Mariana v. Fisher, 226 F. Supp. 2d 575 (M.D. Pa. 2002), aff’d, 338 F.3d 189 (3d Cir. 2003), cert. denied sub nom. Mariana v. Pappert, 540 U.S. 1179 (2004).
  • Grand River Enter. Six Nations Ltd. v. Pryor, 2003 WL 22232974 (S.D.N.Y. Sep 29, 2003), vacated, 2004 WL 1594869 (S.D.N.Y. Jul. 15, 2004), rev’d on other grounds, 425 F.3d 158 (2d Cir. 2005), rehearing denied (Jan. 3, 2006), cert. denied sub nom. King v. Grand River Enterprises Six Nations, Ltd., 549 U.S. 951 (2006), on remand, 2006 WL 1517603 (S.D.N.Y.) (preliminary injunction denied), aff’d, 481 F.3d 60 (2d Cir. 2007), summary judgment granted to defendants, 783 F. Supp. 2d 516 (S.D.N.Y. 2011).
  • Freedom Holdings, Inc. v. Spitzer, 357 F.3d 205, reh’g denied, 363 F.3d 149 (2d Cir. 2004), on remand, 447 F. Supp. 2d 230 (S.D.N.Y. 2004), recon. denied, 2004 WL 2251668 (S.D.N.Y. Oct 06, 2004), aff’d on other grounds, 408 F.3d 112 (2d Cir. 2005), on remand, Freedom Holdings, Inc. v. Cuomo, 592 F. Supp. 2d 684) (S.D.N.Y. 2009), aff’d, 624 F.3d 38 (2d Cir. 2010), cert. denied, 131 S.Ct. 1810 (2011).
  • Tritent Int’l Corp. v. Kentucky, 2005 WL 3766971 (E.D. Ky. Sept. 8, 2005), reconsideration denied, 395 F. Supp. 2d 521 (E.D. Ky 2005), aff’d, 467 F.3d 547 (6th Cir. 2006).
  • S&M Brands, Inc. v. Summers, 393 F. Supp. 2d 604 (M.D. Tenn. 2005), aff’d, 2007 WL 1175630 (6th Cir. Apr 19, 2007).
  • Sanders v. Lockyer, 365 F. Supp. 2d 1093 (N.D. Cal. 2005), aff’d sub.nom. Sanders v. Brown, 504 F.3d 903 (9th Cir. 2007), cert. denied, 533 U.S. 1031 (2008).
  • Xcaliber Int’l Ltd. v. Edmondson, 2005 WL 5654220 (N.D. Okla. May 20, 2005), reconsideration denied, 2005 WL 3766933 (Aug. 31, 2005), aff’d sub nom. KT&G Corp. v. Attorney Gen’l of State of Oklahoma, 535 F.3d 1114 (10th Cir. 2008).
  • Xcaliber Int’l Ltd. v. Kline, No. 05-2261, 2006 WL 288705 (D.Kan. Feb. 7, 2006), aff’d sub nom. KT&G Corp. v. Attorney Gen’l of State of Oklahoma, 535 F.3d 1114 (10th Cir. 2008).
  • International Tobacco Partners, Ltd. v. Kline, 475 F. Supp. 2d 1078 (D.Kan. 2007), appeal docketed, No. 07-3075 (10th Cir. 2007), appeal dismissed (10th Cir. Sept. 30, 2008).
  • Grand River Enter. Six Nations, Ltd. v. Beebe, 418 F. Supp. 2d 1082 (W.D. Ark. 2006), aff’d, 574 F.3d 929 (8th Cir. 2009), cert. denied sub nom. Grand River Enter. Six Nations, Ltd. v. McDaniel, 130 S.Ct. 2095 (2010).
  • Coker v. Foti, 2006 WL 3307445, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 82537(W.D. La. Nov. 9, 2006), C.A. No. 1372 (W.D. La. Sep. 24, 2009), aff’d sub nom. S&M Brands, Inc. v. Caldwell, 614 F.3d 172 (5th Cir. 2010), cert. denied, 131 S.Ct. 1601 (2011).
  • Xcaliber Int’l Ltd. LLC v. Caldwell, 2006 WL 2990126 (Oct. 18, 2006), 2009 WL 1324042 (May 7, 2009), aff’d, 612 F.3d 368 (5th Cir. 2010).
  • International Tobacco Partners, Ltd. v. Beebe, 420 F. Supp. 2d 989 (W.D. Ark. 2006).
  • Dos Santos, S.A. v. Beebe, 418 F. Supp. 2d 1064 (W.D. Ark. 2006).
  • VIBO Corp., Inc. v. Conway, 594 F. Supp. 2d 758 (W.D. Ky 2009), aff’d, 669 F.3d 675 (6th Cir. 2012).

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