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US Case Against Tobacco to Open

September 20, 2004 10:03 am by brownpau

“The government opens arguments in its $280 billion civil racketeering lawsuit against the cigarette industry tomorrow, with the future of big tobacco in the balance. In the biggest civil racketeering case in history, the Justice Department alleges massive, coordinated fraud to conceal tobacco’s deadly and addictive nature….”

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One Response to “US Case Against Tobacco to Open”

  1. Elizabeth Kress Says:
    October 13th, 2004 at 11:47 am

    Please provide a website that displays the verbatim opening statement by the government.

    Thank you.

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