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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court refused Monday to let the government sue tobacco companies for $280 billion, a major victory for cigarette makers.
A federal judge presided over a nine-month trial and has not yet decided whether tobacco companies are guilty of wrongdoing.
The fight at the high court was over the amount of money the companies would have to pay if the judge rules that they violated a federal anti-racketeering law known as RICO by misleading the public about the dangers of smoking.
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