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

Filing 48

MOTION to Expedite by COMMONWEALTH BRANDS INCORPORATED, LIGGETT GROUP LLC, LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY, R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, SANTA FE NATURAL TOBACCO COMPANY, INC. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Francisco, Noel)

IN THE 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.,

Civil Action No. 11-01482 (RCL)

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.
[PPROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR EXPEDITED REVIEW
For the reasons set forth in Plaintiffs’ Motion for Expedited Review, it is hereby:
1.
[2.

ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motion for Expedited Review is GRANTED;
In light of the prior hearing held in this matter on September 21, 2011, and the Court’s

consideration of the extensive additional briefing filed by the parties, further oral argument on the
parties’ motions for summary judgment will not be required.]
[2.

Oral Argument is set for ________________.]

It is SO ORDERED this _________ day of ____________, ___.

_________________________
Hon. Richard J. Leon
United States District Judge