| | The Smokers Club, Inc. - RICO Part Three |
 | | The department cited court cases which state that depositions cannot be used to embarrass or harass a witness. |
 | | Sharon Eubanks, who had aggressively pursued the racketeering case against the tobacco industry, is withdrawing effective Thursday, the government said in a one-sentence filing in U.S. District Court. |
 | | Tobacco companies countered that the government's case ignored restrictions placed on the industry in a 1998 settlement with state attorneys general and had failed to show the formation of a unlawful enterprise, as required to prove racketeering. |
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