FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate November 8, 1999
gptkbp:category 2000 in United States case law
United States Supreme Court cases of the Rehnquist Court
Tobacco case law
United States administrative case law
gptkbp:citation 120 S. Ct. 1291
146 L. Ed. 2d 121
529 U.S. 120
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date March 21, 2000
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_Stephen_Breyer
gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:David_Souter
gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkbp:docketNumber 98-1152
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Food_and_Drug_Administration_v._Brown_&_Williamson_Tobacco_Corporation
gptkbp:heldBy The FDA does not have authority to regulate tobacco products as customarily marketed
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
gptkbp:legalIssue Whether the FDA had authority to regulate tobacco products as 'drugs' and 'devices' under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:William_Rehnquist
gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Clarence_Thomas
gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
gptkb:Justice_Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkbp:petitioner gptkb:Food_and_Drug_Administration
gptkbp:predecessor limits of agency authority
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:Tobacco_Control_Act
gptkb:Food,_Drug,_and_Cosmetic_Act
gptkbp:response gptkb:Brown_&_Williamson_Tobacco_Corporation
gptkbp:result FDA's tobacco regulations invalidated
gptkbp:subject gptkb:public_administration
statutory interpretation
tobacco regulation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Brown_&_Williamson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5