Altria Group, Inc. v. Good

Altria Group v. Good
Altria Group v. Good
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 6, 2008; Decided December 15, 2008
Full case name	Altria Group, Inc., et al. v. Stephanie Good, et al.
Docket no.	07-562
Citations	555 U.S. 70 (more) 129 S. Ct. 538; 172 L. Ed. 2d 398
Case history
Prior	Summary judgment for defendants, 436 F. Supp. 2d 132 (D. Me. 2006); reversed, 501 F.3d 29 (1st Cir. 2007); cert. granted, 552 U.S. 1162 (2008).
Holding
	Federal law does not preempt the application of state law prohibiting deceptive practices in advertising to the advertisement of tar and nicotine rates in cigarettes. First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed.
Court membership
	Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia; Anthony Kennedy · David Souter; Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Case opinions
Majority	Stevens, joined by Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer
Dissent	Thomas, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Alito
Laws applied
	15 U.S.C. § 1334(b) (Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act); Me. Rev. Stat. Ann., Tit. 5, § 207(Supp. 2008) (Maine Unfair Trade Practices Act)

Altria Group v. Good, 555 U.S. 70 (2008), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a state law prohibiting deceptive tobacco advertising was not preempted by a federal law regulating cigarette advertising.

Altria Group v. Good
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 6, 2008 Decided December 15, 2008
Full case name	Altria Group, Inc., et al. v. Stephanie Good, et al.
Docket no.	07-562
Citations	555 U.S. 70 (more) 129 S. Ct. 538; 172 L. Ed. 2d 398
Case history
Prior	Summary judgment for defendants, 436 F. Supp. 2d 132 (D. Me. 2006); reversed, 501 F.3d 29 (1st Cir. 2007); cert. granted, 552 U.S. 1162 (2008).
Holding
Federal law does not preempt the application of state law prohibiting deceptive practices in advertising to the advertisement of tar and nicotine rates in cigarettes. First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy · David Souter Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Case opinions
Majority	Stevens, joined by Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer
Dissent	Thomas, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Alito
Laws applied
15 U.S.C. § 1334(b) (Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act); Me. Rev. Stat. Ann., Tit. 5, § 207(Supp. 2008) (Maine Unfair Trade Practices Act)