Comments on: Low Tar Goes to High Court http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/20/low-tar-goes-to-high-court/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:51:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: $800 Billion Up in Smoke. Court Throws Out Massive Class Action on Light Cigarettes « JONATHAN TURLEY http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/20/low-tar-goes-to-high-court/#comment-10302 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:23:49 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/20/low-tar-goes-to-high-court/#comment-10302 [...] marketing of the product as light. The Maine case is Philip Morris v. Good, et al. (07-562). Click here and [...]

]]> By: deeply worried http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/20/low-tar-goes-to-high-court/#comment-6864 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:20:36 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/20/low-tar-goes-to-high-court/#comment-6864 Well, Riegel v Medtronic came down 8-1 supporting pre-emption. Pretty predictable except for the division.

I find it utterly hypocritical as we all know that in the last seven years the regulatory agencies have been run by appointees highly solicitous of the interests of the regulated.

]]> By: deeply worried http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/20/low-tar-goes-to-high-court/#comment-5998 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:55:09 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2008/01/20/low-tar-goes-to-high-court/#comment-5998 Yet another pre-emption case?

In the Bush years the regulatory agencies have been anything but.

Pre-emption based on Bush Era regulatory decisions is highly suspect as simply an end-run around Congress and an attempt to nullify state tort law.

Or so is argued here:

http://acslaw.org/node/5908

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