The case is Maybee v. Idaho: Maybee Cert Petition
Lower court materials here.
Question presented:
In 1998, the Attorneys General of 46 states, five U.S. territories and the District of Columbia (the “Settling States”) settled various legal actions involving antitrust, product liability and consumer protection claims against the nation’s four largest tobacco companies. In exchange for substantial sums of monies, tied in part to sales volume, to be paid by settling manufacturers, each Settling State agreed to enact and diligently enforce a qualifying escrow statute that would artificially inflate costs for other tobacco manufacturers and which “effectively and fully neutralizes the cost disadvantage that the Participating Manufacturers experience vis-a-vis Non-Participating Manufacturers.” The question presented to the Court is whether a Settling State may prohibit the sale of certain brands of cigarettes manufactured by tobacco companies that have never been sued, or otherwise alleged or found culpable for conduct giving rise to liability.
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