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1 CIS S 52126
TITLE: Big Government
Lawsuits: Are Policy-Driven Lawsuits in the Public Interest
CIS-NO:
2001-S521-26
SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. Senate
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 106-979
DATE: Nov. 2, 1999
LENGTH: iii+78 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1042-A; 1042-B
SUDOC: Y4.J89/2:S.HRG.106-979
CIS DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477 (Full Text Reproductions)
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-26883-9.
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. J-106-58. Hearing to review merits of Federal and State
government lawsuits filed against different industries, including tobacco
industry.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Fed and State lawsuits
against industry, issues review
DESCRIPTORS:
GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS; TOBACCO AND TOBACCO INDUSTRY;
STATE GOVERNMENTS; LAWSUITS
01-S521-26 TESTIMONY NO: 1
Nov. 2, 1999 p. 7-18
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
MCCONNELL, MITCH (Sen, R-Ky)
REED, JACK (Sen, D-RI)
DURBIN,
RICHARD J. (Sen, D-Ill)
STATEMENTS:
Opposing views on merits of government lawsuits against
various industries.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Fed
and State lawsuits against industry, issues review
01-S521-26 TESTIMONY NO: 2 Nov. 2, 1999 p. 21-78
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
TURLEY,
JONATHAN (Professor, Law, George Washington University)
RYAN, DON (Executive Director, Alliance To End Childhood
Lead Poisoning)
MYERS, MATTHEW L. (Executive Vice
President, National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids)
SCHWARTZ, VICTOR E. (attorney, representing American
Tort Reform Association)
KEYS, WILLIAM M.
(CEO, New Colt Holding Co)
JOSTEN, R. BRUCE (Executive
Vice President, Chamber of Commerce of the U.S)
STATEMENTS AND
DISCUSSION:
Concerns regarding government lawsuit and
tort actions against tobacco and other domestic industries,
citing constitutional law; merits of government lawsuits against various
industries, including tobacco industry; arguments opposing government-sponsored
litigation against industry; elaboration of views regarding government lawsuits
against industry.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Fed and
State lawsuits against industry, issues review
TESTIMONY
DESCRIPTORS:
ALLIANCE TO END CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING;
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
LOAD-DATE: August 2, 2001
