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On February 21, 1995, the State of Florida filed in the Circuit Court, 15th Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County, Civil Action No. 95-1466AO, The State Of Florida, Lawton M. Chiles, Jr., Individually and as Governor Of The State Of Florida, Department Of Business And Professional Regulations, and The Agency For Health Care Administration, Plaintiffs, v. The American Tobacco Company; American Brands, Inc.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; RJR Nabisco, Inc.; B.A.T. Industries, PLC; Batus Holdings, Inc.; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Philip Morris Companies, Inc.; Philip Morris Incorporated (Philip Morris U.S.A.); Liggett Group, Inc.; Liggett & Myers, Inc.; Brooke Group, Limited; The Brooke Group Ltd., Inc.; Loews Corporation; Lorillard Corporation; United States Tobacco Company; UST Inc.; The Council For Tobacco Research -- U.S.A. Inc. (Successor To Tobacco Institute Research Committee); The Tobacco Institute, Inc.; Hill & Knowlton, Inc.; British American Tobacco Co., Ltd.; Dosal Tobacco Corp., Inc., Defendants.
Summary:
This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, and related records concerning discovery activities relating to State of Florida vs. The American Tobacco Company, et al., Florida's landmark lawsuit against several tobacco companies relating to their advertising and sale of cigarettes in the state. The series documents issues and activities resulting from the massive public records production request of the defendant tobacco companies, in particular the freeze on public records disposition and the production and inspection of records held in storage at the State Records Center in Tallahassee and in the historical records collections of the Florida State Archives.
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