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WATSON v. PHILIP MORRIS 

The above-entitled matter came on for oral argument before the Supreme Court of the United States at 11:18 a.m. APPEARANCES: DAVID C. FREDERICK, ESQ., Washington, D.C.; on behalf of

the Petitioners.

IRVING L. GORNSTEIN, ESQ., Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; on behalf of the United States, as amicus curiae, supporting the Petitioners.

THEODORE B. OLSON, ESQ., Washington, D.C.; on behalf of the Respondents. . . .

MR. FREDERICK: Thank you, Mr. Chief Justice, and may it please the Court:

The Eighth Circuit held that Philip Morris is subject to such specific and detailed regulations by the Federal Trade Commission that it is entitled to remove this purely State law case from State court to Federal court under the Federal officer removal statute. That holding is erroneous and should be reversed for at least three reasons.

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