1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. v. UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
 

PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. v. UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

Civil No. 1:15-cv-01590 (APM).

Philip Morris USA Inc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. United States Food and Drug Administration, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

January 13, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., Plaintiff, represented by Anthony J. Franze , ARNOLD & PORTER LLP, Miguel A. Estrada , GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER, LLP, Robert N. Weiner , ARNOLD & PORTER LLP & Amir Cameron Tayrani , GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER, LLP.

U.S. SMOKELESS TOBACCO COMPANY LLC, Plaintiff, represented by Anthony J. Franze , ARNOLD & PORTER LLP, Miguel A. Estrada , GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER, LLP, Robert N. Weiner , ARNOLD & PORTER LLP & Amir Cameron Tayrani , GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER, LLP.

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Plaintiff, represented by Mark Steven Brown , KING & SPALDING, LLP, Noel John Francisco , JONES DAY, Ashley Charles Parrish , KING & SPALDING, LLP & Ryan Jeffrey Watson , JONES DAY.

AMERICAN SNUFF COMPANY, LLC, Plaintiff, represented by Mark Steven Brown , KING & SPALDING, LLP, Noel John Francisco , JONES DAY, Ashley Charles Parrish , KING & SPALDING, LLP & Ryan Jeffrey Watson , JONES DAY.

SANTA FE NATURAL TOBACCO COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff, represented by Mark Steven Brown , KING & SPALDING, LLP, Noel John Francisco , JONES DAY, Ashley Charles Parrish , KING & SPALDING, LLP & Ryan Jeffrey Watson , JONES DAY.

ITG BRANDS, LLC, Plaintiff, represented by Mark H. Lynch , COVINGTON & BURLING LLP & Benjamin Conrad Block , COVINGTON & BURLING LLP.

UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, Defendant, represented by James T. Nelson , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, represented by James T. Nelson , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

SYLVIA M. BURWELL, in her official capacity as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant, represented by James T. Nelson , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

STEPHEN OSTROFF, M.D., in his official capacity as Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Defendant, represented by James T. Nelson , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs are a group of tobacco companies1 who seek my recusal in this case primarily because my former law partner provided legal services to an anti-tobacco organization—the Campaign for Tobacco...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases