Jump to full article: Reuters, 2009-09-29
Author: Jonathan Stempel
Intro: Several tobacco companies plan to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a May ruling in a racketeering lawsuit that requires them to disclose more about the dangers of smoking and bars them from selling cigarettes as "light" or "low tar."
The companies asked the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. on Monday not to enforce its May 22 ruling until the nation's highest court can decide whether to hear their appeal. The appeals court declined on Sept. 22 to reconsider the case.
Monday's motion seeking a delay was filed on behalf of Altria Group Inc (MO.N) and its Philip Morris USA Inc unit, British American Tobacco Plc (BATS.L), Lorillard Inc (LO.N) and Reynolds American Inc's (RAI.N) RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co.
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