Organization
Liggett Group
U.S. cigarette maker that stayed away from the December 1953 meeting, later joined the enterprise, broke ranks in 1996 and 1997, and signed the Master Settlement Agreement.
- Also known as
- Liggett, The Liggett Group, Inc.
Liggett settlements with state attorneys general
- Settled with Settling States of the Master Settlement Agreement: agreement with seventeen states, with a public statement that smoking causes lung cancer and that cigarettes and nicotine are addictive 1
Master Settlement Agreement
- Settled with Settling States of the Master Settlement Agreement: no admission of liability or wrongdoing 1
Connections 5
settled with
- Settling States of the Master Settlement Agreement Mar 1997 agreement with seventeen states, with a public statement that smoking causes lung cancer and that cigarettes and nicotine are addictive Primary record 1
- Settling States of the Master Settlement Agreement 23 Nov 1998 no admission of liability or wrongdoing Primary record 1
involved in
- Cipollone v. Liggett Group plaintiff and a defendant Primary record 2
- House hearing on tobacco, 14 April 1994 their chief executives testified Primary record 1
- United States v. Philip Morris USA found to have joined the enterprise early and to have withdrawn in 1997; no injunction against it Primary record 1
Timeline 2 dates
- Mar 1997 Liggett Group settled with Settling States of the Master Settlement Agreement
- 23 Nov 1998 Liggett Group settled with Settling States of the Master Settlement Agreement
Proof 2 sources
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United States v. Philip Morris USA Inc., 449 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2006), Final Opinion (Judge Gladys Kessler), U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (text via govinfo.gov), 17 Aug 2006.
Primary record
Liggett agreed to make a public statement acknowledging, among other things, that smoking is a cause of lung cancer and other diseases and that both cigarette smoking and nicotine are addictive.
In March 1997, Liggett entered into a comprehensive agreement
Liggett became a signatory to the Master Settlement Agreement in November 1998, at the same time that the major companies entered into that Agreement.
The Chief Executive Officers of six Defendant cigarette manufacturers -- Philip Morris, B&W, RJR, Lorillard, Liggett, and American -- appeared voluntarily at a Subcommittee hearing on April 14, 1994.
Although there is clear and convincing evidence that Liggett participated in the RICO Enterprise and conspiracy during its formative years, the Court finds that it withdrew from the conspiracy in 1997.
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Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc., 505 U.S. 504 (1992), Supreme Court of the United States (text via Cornell Legal Information Institute), 24 Jun 1992.
Primary record
On August 1, 1983, Rose Cipollone and her husband filed a complaint invoking the diversity jurisdiction of the Federal District Court.
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