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Jump to full article: Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) (au), 2001-02-27
Intro: American tobacco companies have won a major victory in the Marshall Islands with the High Court throwing out a multi-billion dollar suit brought by the government.
Judge H-Dee Johnson dismissed for lack of evidence 10 of the eleven charges the Marshall Islands had filed against four US tobacco companies. . .
In his 20-page opinion, Judge Johnson strongly criticised the Government's US-based legal team, whom he described as "salesmen peddling a lawsuit" who had not done their homework for their clients.
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