Key Tobacco Documents and Orders
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"One of the most significant public health achievements of the second half of the 20th Century."
C. Everett Koop
Former U.S. Surgeon General
L.A. Times, May 9, 1998
Settlement Agreement and Stipulation For Entry of Consent Judgment (May 8, 1998)
Second Amended Complaint (January 6, 1998)
Case Management Order (March 29, 1995)
Decisions, re: Motions for Judgment on the Pleadings
Judge Fitzpatrick's Order (May 18, 1995)
Minnesota Supreme Court Decision (July 25, 1996)
Orders, re: 4A Documents Indices
Judge Fitzpatrick's Order (November 1, 1995)
Order of MN Court of Appeals (December 26, 1995)
Order of MN Supreme Court (February 27, 1996)
Order of U.S. Supreme Court (May 28, 1996)
Jury Instructions
Trial Transcript (May 6, 1998)
Privilege Document Orders
Order regarding Privilege and the Crime-Fraud Exception and Setting Forth Procedures to Determine Privilege Beginning with the Liggett Documents (May 9, 1997)
Report of Special Master: Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Recommendations (September 10, 1997)
Order with Respect to Non-Liggett Defendants' Objections to the Special Master's Report Dated September 10, 1997 (December 16, 1997)
MN Court of Appeals Order (January 13, 1998)
Report of Special Master: Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Recommendations Regarding Non-Liggett Privilege Claims (February 10, 1998)
Order with Respect to Non-Liggett Defendants' Objections to the Special Master's Report Dated February 10, 1998 (March 7, 1998)
Amendment to Order with Respect to Non-Liggett Defendants' Objections to the Special Master's Report Dated February 10, 1998 (March 7, 1998)
Order of MN Court of Appeals (March 17, 1998)
Order of MN Supreme Court (March 27, 1998)
Order of US Supreme Court (April 2, 1998)
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