(Download) "State v. Maybee" by Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State v. Maybee
- Author : Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- Release Date : January 12, 2010
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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In 1998, the State of Oregon, along with 46 other states, entered into the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) with the leading tobacco product manufacturers in the United States. ORS 323.803(5). Pursuant to that agreement, the participating manufacturers were required, among other things, to pay substantial sums to the state annually. In return, the state released most "past, present, and * * * future claims against them[.]" Id. In order to neutralize the market advantage that nonparticipating manufacturers would have enjoyed by virtue of not having to make payments, the state, pursuant to the MSA, enacted a so-called Qualifying Escrow Act, ORS 323.800 to 323.806, requiring nonparticipating manufacturers to make payments into an escrow fund that would be used to ensure payment of any future judgment in favor of the state against those companies. ORS 323.806.