N.C. court rules tobaccco growers in 14 states due millions

Saturday, August 20, 2005

RALEIGH, N.C. -- A federal tobaccco quota buyout doesn't free cigarette makers from having to pay $424 million to growers in 14 states as part of 1998's multibillion-dollar anti-smoking settlement, North Carolina's Supreme Court ruled Friday.

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