# CBS Inc. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

> Supreme Court of the United States · April 4, 1988 · 485 U.S. 993

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9070616

## Case

- **Full name:** CBS Inc. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
- **Court:** Supreme Court of the United States
- **Decided:** April 4, 1988
- **Citations:** 485 U.S. 993; 56 U.S.L.W. 3683; 108 S. Ct. 1302; 99 L. Ed. 2d 512; 1988 U.S. LEXIS 1580
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 102 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding that the defendant’s spoliation was strong evidence against it where one of the defendant’s employees destroyed only the parts of certain documents that would have been relevant to the litigation

## Opinion text

C. A. 7th Cir. Motion of Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae granted. Certiorari denied.

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