R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. County of Los Angeles

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY; No. 20-55930

AMERICAN SNUFF COMPANY; SANTA

FE NATURAL TOBACCO COMPANY, D.C. No. INC., 2:20-cv-04880- Plaintiffs-Appellants, DSF-KS

v.

OPINION

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES; COUNTY

OF LOS ANGELES BOARD OF

SUPERVISORS; HILDA L. SOLIS;

MARK RIDLEY-THOMAS; SHEILA

KUEHL; JANICE HAHN; KATHRYN

BARGER, each in his or her official capacity as a member of the Board of Supervisors, Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Dale S. Fischer, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 19, 2021 Pasadena, California

Filed March 18, 2022 2 R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. V. CNTY. OF LOS ANGELES

Before: Ryan D. Nelson and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges, and Karen E. Schreier, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge VanDyke; Dissent by Judge Nelson

SUMMARY **

Preemption / Tobacco Control Act

The panel affirmed the district court’s dismissal of an action brought by tobacco companies, alleging that the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (“TCA”)…