Fontaine v. Philip Morris USA Inc.
On September 4, 2026, WLF asked the U.S. Supreme Court to grant review and overrule Altria Group, Inc. v. Good, a 2008 decision that held state consumer protection laws targeting cigarette marketing are not preempted by federal law. In its amicus brief, WLF contends that the Massachusetts high court used Altria’s later discarded “presumption against preemption” to sustain a $56 million judgment for a warning that federal law never required.