· 9/30/2013
National Ass'n of Tobacco Outlets, Inc. v. City of Providence
Citations
- 731 F.3d 71
- 2013 WL 5422308
- 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 19928
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that tobacco product 3 sales regulations are not tobacco product standards preempted by the FSPTCA and stating 4 that “whether those regulations have an impact on manufacturing is irrelevant”
- holding that tobacco product 15 sales regulations are not tobacco product standards preempted by the FSPTCA and stating 16 that “whether those regulations have an impact on manufacturing is irrelevant”
- recognizing that the Act allows regulations relat- ing to the sale of tobacco products
- holding prohibition on discounts for tobacco products by coupons and multi-packs regulated economic conduct
- holding that sales regulations were not tobacco product standards
- description on label as presumptive evidence of product classification for the 9 purposes of banning the product’s sale does not implicate speech
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Judges: Torruella, Dyk, Thompson
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