United States Eighth Circuit

Part of Iowa's Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Act, Iowa Code 142A.6(6), which prohibits retailers from selling cigarettes by using coupons and samples, is preempted by the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, 15 USC 1334(b).

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/05/2001
• Published 12/05/2001

Judges

• BYE, Circuit Judge., Before BYE, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Dennis W. Johnson, Solicitor General, Des Moines, IA, argued (Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General of Iowa, on the brief), for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven L. Nelson, Des Moines, IA, argued, for Appellees.