FDA V. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
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Date decided | 2000 |
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Ruling court | Supreme Court of the United States |
Dissent | Breyer |
Stevens | |
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Ginsburg | |
Majority | O'Connor, joined by Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas |
Citations | U. S. |
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ID | 1126889 |
About FDA V. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. , 529 U. S. 120, is an important United States Supreme Court case in the development of American administrative law. It ruled that the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act did not give the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco products as "drugs" or "devices".