March 05, 2012
The Obama administration will appeal a ruling that found that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's new graphic warning images on cigarette packets violate the First Amendment by compelling speech, according to a court filing Monday.
February 29, 2012
A Washington federal judge ruled Wednesday that a requirement by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for tobacco companies to include new graphic warning images on cigarette packages would violate the First Amendment by compelling speech.
February 01, 2012
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and other tobacco companies asked a Washington federal court Wednesday to make permanent an injunction it granted halting the rollout of graphic warning labels on cigarette packages, with an impending appeal to the D.C. Circuit in mind.
December 12, 2011
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and other cigarette makers on Monday pushed a federal judge to make a quick ruling in their lawsuit to block graphic warning labels on cigarette packages, saying that a ruling on the merits could speed the case toward the U.S. Supreme Court.
November 29, 2011
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday appealed a federal judge's ruling blocking graphic warnings on cigarette packages on the basis that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and others were likely to win a First Amendment challenge to the labels.
November 09, 2011
Six U.S. senators asked the federal government Wednesday to immediately appeal a Washington federal court's injunction against the rollout of new U.S. Food and Drug Administration cigarette label health warnings, saying the injunction will hurt the cause of public health.
September 21, 2011
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Lorillard Inc. and other tobacco manufacturers on Wednesday asked a Washington federal judge to put a halt to the rollout of U.S. Food and Drug Administration's new cigarette warnings, which they claim will violate the First Amendment.
September 20, 2011
Several public health groups on Friday defended new cigarette warnings the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is requiring by 2012, hoping to sink a lawsuit in which tobacco giants argue the graphic labels violate their First Amendment rights.