United States Tobacco Co. v. Conwood

On January 13, 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the largest damages award ever granted in the history of antitrust law enforcement: $1.05 billion. The decision was a setback for WLF, which filed a brief urging the Court to grant review. WLF argued that the plaintiff used “junk science” to calculate its alleged damages in this garden-variety business dispute. WLF filed its brief on behalf of four of the nation’s leading experts in using economic models to calculate damages, including a Nobel laureate.