| Docket # | SJC-09981 |
| Date | January 10, 2008 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
Summary
(prepared by Suffolk University Law School) | Consumer Protection-- This is a class action suit against a cigarette manufacturer for describing cigarettes as "light" and "containing lower tar and nicotine". |
| Appealed From | Suffolk Superior Court, Justice Peter M. Lauriat |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Philip Morris, Inc.: Kenneth J. Parsigian, Paul F. Ware, Jr., Matthew A. Porter, Erica Templeton Spencer |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Wenger: Christopher Weld, Jr., Edward Foye |
| Amici Curiae | Associated Industries of Massachusetts; American Tort Reform Association; Federal Trade Commission; Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Public Citizen, Inc.; Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; Public Health Advocacy Institute; American Lung Association of Massachusetts; American Cancer Society |
