Jump to full article: The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition, 2008-05-12
Author: Mark H. Anderson Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
Intro: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ended a California class-action lawsuit brought by smokers alleging a nationwide tobacco settlement violated federal antitrust laws and allowed tobacco companies to uniformly raise cigarette prices.
The lawsuit was filed against California and all the major U.S. tobacco manufacturers in 2004. . . .
The Supreme Court rejected the appeal without comment. . . .
The case is Sanders v. Brown, 07-995.
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