Philip Morris USA recently got the Illinois Supreme Court to overturn a gigantic judgment against it in a suit that had originated in a place -- Madison County, Ill. -- that few could locate on a map. The court's ruling resulted in this Wall Street Journal headline: "Tobacco-Revenue Munis Get a... -
The States' Tobacco Addiction
Philip Morris USA recently got the Illinois Supreme Court to overturn a gigantic judgment against it in a suit that had originated in a place -- Madison County, Ill. -- that few could locate on a map. The court's ruling resulted in this Wall Street Journal headline: "Tobacco-Revenue Munis Get a...-
By George F. Will