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• $69 Billion Lawsuit Filed by the Law Firm of Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, LLP ... Case Charges Big Tobacco Defrauded 520,000 U.S. Tobacco Growers and Quota Holders 

The lawsuit, filed by tobacco farmers and quota holders, charges among other things that the tobacco companies have conspired, contracted and combined to eliminate the federal statutory scheme regulating the quantity of tobacco (called ``quota'') that may be grown annually and cheated the farmers and quota holders out of fair settlement under the Growers Trust.

``Why should the American public care about this lawsuit?'' asks lead plaintiff attorney Alexander J. Pires, Jr. ``Because multi-billion dollar tobacco companies are once again defrauding the public and exerting control well beyond the scope of what the U.S. Congress mandated in the tobacco program.''

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