Mealey's ( July 15, 2022, 1:48 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D. C. — Three tobacco companies on July 12 filed an application to the U. S. Supreme Court requesting an extension until October to file their petition for a writ of certiorari challenging a split Ninth Circuit U. S. Court of Appeals panel’s affirmance of the dismissal of their challenge to a ban on flavored tobacco products enacted by Los Angeles County. . . .