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491:, between the tobacco executives, Moore, and the other attorneys general, the Mississippi attorney general announced a settlement was reached in a press conference on June 20, with the tobacco companies agreeing to pay $ 368.5 billion to the 40 states involved, submit to new regulations, and significantly curtail their advertising. The national settlement required the approval of the
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Scruggs. Presley Blake, a political consultant, interceded and arranged for Patterson and Scruggs to meet, which resulted in Patterson dropping the inquiry and Scruggs reducing his fee for the state. At Scruggs' urging, in 1994, state legislation was amended explicitly authorizing the attorney general to contract attorneys on contingency.
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corruption charges stemming from the excessive purchase of seashells by the county to pave private driveways, gaining statewide media attention. During his tenure he also established youth education programs concerning child abuse and alcohol and illegal drug use. He won reelection in 1983 with 83 percent of the vote and left office in 1988.
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506:. Over the course of the 2000s the state legislature took money from the fund to cover other budgetary concerns before eventually abolishing the project. Reflecting on the outcome in 2022, Moore expressed disappointment that the trust fund had not lasted long but pointed to declines in tobacco use as worthy of celebration.
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according to Moore, "took a lot of wind out of our sails". In
November 2002, Moore told the press that while his office had the desire to re-prosecute the murders, it was struggling to build a strong criminal case. By the end of the year the attorney general's office had suspended efforts to retry the case.
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Barnett for taking illegal campaign contributions. Moore then negotiated Barnett's resignation and secured his cooperation into an investigation into other illegal contributions from utility companies to public service commissioners. From 1995 to 1997, the office led a corruption investigation
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contracted a group of lawyers led by Moore to build a case against several drug suppliers. In May 2017 they filed a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma, Teva
Pharmaceutical Industries, Janssen, Endo, and Allergan, accusing them of concealing the addictiveness of opioids and violating Ohio laws concerning
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Mississippi Legislature to pass a bill to allow the attorney general to investigate public corruption and convene grand juries and subpoena documents in such cases without a preliminary request from a local district attorney. He established a white collar
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counties. In 1979, he won election to the office of district attorney for the 19th
Judicial District. Aged 26, he came into office in 1980 as the youngest elected official in Mississippi. In his first year as district attorney, Moore prosecuted four of the five sitting Jackson County supervisors on
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February 1989, Moore settled a lawsuit against the state over the drawing of judicial districts in a manner which allegedly diluted the political strength of black voters. Citing their high cost to the state and the high probability of losing, he announced that his office would no longer defend
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of his disappointment that the state had never prosecuted the murders and said, "It is our belief at this point that
Preacher Killen was one of the masterminds of the Neshoba County killings. We're making progress in the case. All the troops are excited." Price died in an accident in 2001, which,
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products. On May 23, 1994, Moore filed a lawsuit on behalf of the state of
Mississippi in the Jackson County Chancery Court against 13 tobacco manufacturing companies in pursuit of damages to cover the medical costs incurred by the state to treat persons afflicted by smoking-related illnesses. He
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Scruggs had donated $ 20,000 to his 1991 campaign fund. In 1992 the auditor began working with the Hinds County district attorney to build a criminal case
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cases against asbestos manufacturers and construction companies in pursuit of damages against adversely-impacted individuals. On April 26, 1989, Moore filed a lawsuit in a circuit court on behalf of the state seeking $ 200 million in compensatory damages against 27 companies for the presence of
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appointed Moore to the President's Commission on Model State Drug Laws, a body designed to study illegal drug-related issues and draft drug control legislation. The body, of which Moore eventually became chairman, released its recommendations the following year, including 44 proposed laws.
495:, and though Moore, Scruggs, and others spent a year lobbying for the body to codify the agreement, their assent was never given and the deal was not carried out. In the mean time, Moore and other state attorneys general reached settlements for cases in their own respective states.
299:. The three of them were relatively young Democrats and shared similar goals in-so-far as ameliorating Mississippi's national reputation, supporting greater public health resources, and improving public education. The media collectively referred to them as the "boys of summer" and "
378:. After consulting friends and family, Moore declared his candidacy for the seat on August 27, calling his decision "the toughest thing I've ever done in my life" but saying he felt the state required "the strongest voice we could get in Washington." Democrat
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would block the attorney general's action. Fordice argued that Moore's proceedings were a publicity stunt and would damage efforts to attract industry to Mississippi. Moore countered by deriding the governor as "a new
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painkillers. The cases were settled in 2007, but as a result of the effort Moore became familiar with opioid-related litigation and formed relationships with other attorneys with experience in the subject. With the
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the state against civil rights lawsuits in court. That year, two special assistant attorneys general in Moore's office recommended that the state of Mississippi reopen a criminal investigation into the 1964
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justified his the suit to the media by arguing, "This is a taxpayers' lawsuit. The bottom line is the are paying hundreds of millions of dollars a year to treat people who have tobacco related disease."
560:, citing the existence of "vital evidence" which made prosecution possible. Moore declined to retry the case, and again rebuffed an appeal to retry it from one of the victim's brothers in 1997. In 1998,
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established a good working relationship between their offices, such that the attorney general's prosecutors were able to quickly follow up on instances of fraud and embezzlement uncovered by auditors.
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as attorney general on January 8, 2004. Moore served as an early adviser for his successor. Hood and local prosecutors ultimately reopened the investigation into the Mississippi Burning case.
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portrays some of the events leading up to this settlement; Moore played himself in the film. Pointing to his casting in the film, opponents accused Moore of using the tobacco issue to
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also entered the race. During the brief campaign, Moore split his time between the events in the 5th congressional district and his work at the attorney general's office in
321:, culminating in the conviction of two county supervisors and another county employee for cashing fraudulent checks in early 1998. Later in his tenure, he and State Auditor
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asbestos in 221 state facilities, stating that the money could be used to renovate the buildings and remove the material. He hired attorney
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governor or a U.S. Senate seat in the future. Moore was succeeded by
1021:"Attorney General Mike Moore brings down miscreant public official"
767:"Moore abandoned a job he loved when he made decision to join race"
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in 1976. He married Letitia Rebecca Wood and had a son with her.
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Up in Smoke: From Legislation to Litigation in Tobacco Politics
682:"Moore won't seek fifth term as Mississippi's attorney general"
795:"The Lawyer Who Beat Big Tobacco Takes On the Opioid Industry"
303:". Moore was sworn-in as attorney general on January 7, 1988.
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390:. He placed third and was eliminated in the first election.
1225:"Federal panel urges states to adopt model anti-drug laws"
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Cassreino, Terry; Peterson, Patrick (September 29, 1989).
1930:. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi.
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Moore and his investigators secured the cooperation of
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fibers, commonly used in building construction, caused
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for two years before studying political science at the
1867:(reprint ed.). University Press of Mississippi.
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Moore at a Hillsborough County press conference, 2018
1972:(second ed.). University Press of Mississippi.
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Michael Cameron Moore was born on April 3, 1952, in
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793:Deprez, Esmé E; Barrett, Paul (October 5, 2017).
890:"Moore launches attorney general campaign early"
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1738:"Moore shows support for new attorney general"
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1846:. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi.
1719:"Tuck, other statewide officials take oaths"
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401:Mississippi House of Representatives
2110:People from Pascagoula, Mississippi
1888:(third ed.). SAGE Publishing.
1223:Moskal, Jerry (December 14, 1993).
861:"Tobacco Industry's Dogged Nemesis"
680:Branson, Reed (February 19, 2003).
454:in September 1997 on tobacco issues
426:Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
1966:Nash, Jere; Taggart, Andy (2009).
1486:Frontline: Inside the Tobacco Deal
1206:"U.S. attorney post up in the air"
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1419:Harrison, Bobby (June 26, 2022).
1187:"Moore wants new anti-drug power"
1185:Pender, Geoff (October 7, 1992).
2120:People from Flowood, Mississippi
1909:. University of Nebraska Press.
1767:Bowen, C. T. (August 31, 2021).
1174:. February 19, 2003. p. 9A.
1067:Boyer, Peter J. (May 19, 2008).
920:. Associated Press. pp. 1,
914:"Moore leaving politics for now"
888:Mosby, Ray (February 27, 1981).
16:American attorney and politician
2062:Attorney General of Mississippi
2030:Attorney General of Mississippi
1819:Busbee, Westley F. Jr. (2014).
1744:. Associated Press. p. B4.
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1488:. Public Broadcasting Service.
937:"Moore says he would do things"
370:In August 1989, Representative
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207:Attorney General of Mississippi
44:Attorney General of Mississippi
729:Salter, Sid (March 10, 2002).
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894:The Clarksdale Press Register
859:Sack, Kevin (April 6, 1997).
834:"About Your Attorney General"
593:, a former deputy sheriff in
570:, an erstwhile leader of the
466:, while Mississippi Governor
450:Mike Moore testifying before
1882:Derthick, Martha A. (2011).
1427:. Nonprofit Mississippi News
1019:Minor, Bill (June 3, 1992).
1000:Minor, Bill (May 22, 1988).
658:Hillsborough County, Florida
517:American Medical Association
366:1989 congressional candidacy
1861:Crockett, James R. (2014).
1840:Crockett, James R. (2003).
1769:"Opioid payout up to $ 60M"
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1513:"Big Tobacco's Nemesis"
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1951:. Simon and Schuster.
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120:Michael Cameron Moore
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512:National Law Journal
460:Merrell Williams Jr.
301:the three musketeers
219:Jackson, Mississippi
136:Jackson, Mississippi
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