Federal Court Hears MSA Lawsuit Amid Embarrassments Over Settlement Spending
Washington, D.C., February 6, 2008—A lawsuit challenging the 46-state tobacco “Master Settlement Agreement” (MSA) proceeds today, amid fresh reports of states misspending settlement revenue.
The lawsuit, brought by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, is the subject of a hearing in federal district court on Monday. The lawsuit seeks to overturn the $246 billion tobacco settlement reached by state attorneys general and major tobacco companies in 1998.
“The tobacco settlement was an unconstitutional, corrupt…
