Dianne Castano v. The American Tobacco Company

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1996-05-23

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JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge: In what may be the largest class action ever attempted in federal court, the district court in this case embarked “on a road certainly less traveled, if ever taken at all,” Castano v. American Tobacco Co., <a href="/opinion/9046631/castano-v-american-tobacco-co/#560" aria-description="Citation f…

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