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U.S. judge permits challenge to 1998 tobacco-state deal A Washington advocacy group can go forward with a challenge to Louisiana’s participation in a $206 billion settlement with the U.S. tobacco industry, a federal judge ruled. The Competitive Enterprise Institute sued in Shreveport, La., in August 2005, claiming the 1998 settlement violates the Constitution. U.S. District Judge ...

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