Cited below are some key legal documents that provide some insights into the workings of tobacco trials. The links will take you to copies of the documents stored in the Legacy Tobacco Document Library (LTDL).
- 1957 – Complaint, Green v American Tobacco 12/20/57
- 1957 – Statement, Surgeon General Leroy Burney 7/12/57
“It is clear that there is an increasing and consistent body of evidence that excessive cigarette smoking is one of the causative factors in lung cancer.” - 1959 – Deposition of Alton Ochsner, Ross v Philip Morris 4/29/59
- 1959 – Deposition of Ernest L. Wynder, Green v American Tobacco 11/3/59
- 1959 – Deposition of Robert K. Heimann, American Tobacco, 11/2/59
- 1959 – Smoking and Lung Cancer, A Statement by the U.S.P.H.S. 11/28/59
“The weight of evidence at present implicates smoking as the principal etiological factor in the increased incidence of lung cancer.” - 1960 – Deposition Paul Hahn, Green v American Tobacco 5/19/60
- 1960 – Jury Selection, Lartigue v R.J. Reynolds, Liggett & Myers 9/19/60
- 1960 – Jury instructions and Verdict, Lartigue v R.J. Reynolds, Liggett & Myers 10/11/60
- 1962 – Closing arguments, Ross v Philip Morris 7/10/62
- 1963 – Complaint, Zagurski v American Tobacco 8/7/63
- 1969 – Parties’ Opening Statements, Thayer v Liggett & Myers 11/18/69