The Justice Department's decision to sue the tobacco industry didn't come easy. At first, DOJ lawyers weren't sure whether to bring legal action at all. But after nearly a year of intense internal debate, the Justice Department filed suit in D.C. federal court last week, relying on two relatively obscure federal health care statutes and a novel application of racketeering laws as ammunition against Big Tobacco.
September 27, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The Justice Department’s decision to sue the tobacco industry didn’t come easy.
At first, DOJ lawyers weren’t sure whether to bring legal action at all. Then they considered pursuing an antitrust claim. And for a while, the lawyers in charge of crafting the federal government’s legal attack against the industry even considered invoking nuisance laws normally used against polluters.
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