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• Court reverses decision on tobacco settlement  

The Montana Supreme Court is overturning a lower court decision that would have forced the state into arbitration over the multimillion dollar tobacco settlement. . . .

The tobacco companies have argued the states are not diligently enforcing parts of the settlement that deal with non-conforming companies. They want national arbitration on the issue, and a lower state court agreed that was appropriate.

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