R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY et al v. UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION et al

Filing 44

Unopposed MOTION for Leave to File Amicus Brief by AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION, ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL ADVERTISERS (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Amicus Brief, # 2 Text of Proposed Order)(jf, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY,
LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY,
COMMONWEALTH BRANDS, INC.,
LIGGETT GROUP LLC, and SANTA FE
NATURAL TOBACCO COMPANY, INC.,
Plaintiffs,
v.

UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION, MARGARET
HAMBURG, Commissioner of the United
States Food and Drug Administration, and
KATHLEEN SEBELIUS, Secretary of the
United States Department of Health and
Human Services,
Defendants.

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Civil Action No. 11-01482 (RJL)

[PROPOSED] ORDER
This matter having come before the Court on the unopposed motion of movants
Association of National Advertisers, Inc. and American Advertising Federation, for leave to file
a brief as amici curiae in support of Plaintiffs, and the Court being sufficiently advised,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion is GRANTED and that movants may file an
amici curiae brief, and it is FURTHER ORDERED that movants’ amicus curiae brief filed
November 18, 2011, and re-filed November 22, 2011, under cover of the above-referenced
motion for leave pursuant to instruction of the Court, shall be deemed timely filed.
ENTERED this _____ day of _____________, 2011.

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Judge Richard J. Leon
U.S. District Court Judge