Federal Judge Finds Georgia’s Tobacco Regulations Constitutional

(June 14, 2017, 4:03 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A federal judge in Georgia on May 30 found that he does not have jurisdiction to preside over claims that Georgia’s tobacco regulations do not violate state law or the U.S. Constitution and granted the state’s motion to dismiss in a suit over the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) between tobacco companies and the state (S&M Brands v. State of Georgia ex rel. Christopher M. Carr, No. 1:16-CV-4469, N.D. Ga., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 86093, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 86093)....

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