U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Aug. 4, 2007
State Justices Let Tobacco Precedent Fall
The U.S. Supreme Court has stubbed out Californians' right to sue tobacco makers for advertising their wares to youth, the state Supreme Court said Thursday in a case forcing it to abandon its own precedent.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The U.S. Supreme Court has stubbed out Californians' right to sue tobacco makers for advertising their wares to youth, the state Supreme Court said Thursday in a case forcing it to abandon its own precedent.
The unanimous state high court concluded that a 2001 U.S. Supreme Court decision clarified that federal law regulating tobacco ads pr...
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