Petitions of the day

The petitions of the day are:

17-400

Issues: (1) Whether, when there is no way to tell whether a prior jury found particular facts against a party, due process permits those facts to be conclusively presumed against that party in subsequent litigation; and (2) whether strict-liability and negligence claims based on the findings by the class-action jury in Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc. are pre-empted by the many federal statutes that manifested Congress’s intent that cigarettes continue to be lawfully sold in the United States.

Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Lourie

17-401

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Graham

17-415

Issues: (1) Whether, when there is no way to tell whether a prior jury found particular facts against a party, due process permits those facts to be conclusively presumed against that party in subsequent litigation; and (2) whether, if the Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc. jury’s findings are deemed to establish that all cigarettes are inherently defective, claims based on those findings are pre-empted by the many federal statutes that manifest Congress’s intent that cigarettes continue to be lawfully sold in the United States.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Block

17-443

Issues: (1) Whether, when there is no way to tell whether a prior jury found particular facts against a party, due process permits those facts to be conclusively presumed against that party in subsequent litigation; and (2) whether strict-liability and negligence claims based on the findings by the class-action jury in Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc. are pre-empted by the many federal statutes that manifest Congress’ intent that cigarettes continue to be lawfully sold in the United States.