Brown v. Philip Morris Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Decided 2001-05-17

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OPINION OF THE COURT ROTH, Circuit Judge: Mentholated tobacco products apparently pose greater health risks than non-mentholated ones. Plaintiffs, a group of African-Americans, brought a civil rights action, contending that, with this knowledge, defendant tobacco companies have targeted the marketing of mentholated tobacco products at African-Americans. Plaintiffs, who designate themse…

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