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• Supreme Court Won't Butt Into Tobacco Settlement Case ($$) 

Jump to full article: Law360, 2011-11-28
Author: Greg Ryan

Intro:

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected General Tobacco's request that it review a refusal by Arkansas' highest court to stay a dispute over the 1998 master settlement agreement between states and tobacco companies in favor of arbitration.

In a petition for certiorari filed in August, Vibo Corp., doing business as General Tobacco, had asked the court to vacate and remand a Supreme Court of Arkansas ruling in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, which came down after the...

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