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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-10 11:08 PM
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Scalia gives Big Tobacco $270 million reprieve
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has temporarily blocked a state court order requiring tobacco companies to pay $270 million for a smoking cessation program in Louisiana.

Scalia granted a request from the companies on Tuesday, but said he would reconsider his order later this month after hearing from Louisiana plaintiffs who won a class-action lawsuit against the cigarette makers.

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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-10 11:11 PM
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1. What a surprise.
It would be wrong to hope he gets a little something from second-hand smoke.
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