Mealey's (December 5, 2022, 10:59 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 5 denied a cigar maker’s petition for a writ of certiorari seeking review of whether the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals properly heard a rival cigarillo maker and its parent company’s appeal challenging the vacatur of a $44 million verdict in their favor after they voluntarily dismissed their own claims....