Supreme Court Lets Big Tobacco Pick The Judges Hearing Their Cases The Supreme Court made it easier for Big Tobacco companies to pick which judges hear their challenges to federal tobacco regulations on Friday in a 7-2 decision that will allow other companies affected by regulations to bring suit The case emerged from a lawsuit by R J Reynolds Vapor Company
Supreme Court sides with e-cigarette companies in FDA vaping lawsuit . . . WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided with e-cigarette companies on Friday in a ruling making it easier to sue over Food and Drug Administration decisions blocking their products from the multibillion-dollar vaping market The 7-2 opinion comes as companies push back against a yearslong federal regulatory crackdown on electronic cigarettes It’s expected to give the companies more
Supreme Court likely to let vape companys FDA challenge proceed At oral arguments earlier this week the Supreme Court was skeptical of the Food and Drug Administration’s effort to block a North Carolina-based company from challenging the denial of its application to market e-cigarettes in the conservative U S Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, based in Louisiana
E-Cigarette Forum Shopping Dispute Survives High Court Scrutiny The US Supreme Court declined to cut back on what the government said was “remarkable” forum shopping concerning where e-cigarette manufacturers can sue to challenge FDA decisions In a 7-2 ruling Friday by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the court broadly read the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act to allow manufacturers to sue