PUBLIC CITIZEN V. LIGGETT GROUP, 858 F.2d 775, cert. denied, 488 U.S. 1030 (1989) CASE BRIEF

PUBLIC CITIZEN V. LIGGETT GROUP
858 F.2d 775, cert. denied, 488 U.S. 1030 (1989)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a dispute over the removing of a protective order.
FACTS: Public Citizen (P) intervened in a lawsuit to modify a protective order barring nonlitigatory use of documents discovered in an action against Liggett (D) for wrongful death from cigarette smoking. That suit was dismissed on the basis that the claim was preempted by the federal cigarette labeling statute. The district court granted P's motion and D appealed.

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