Mealey's ( October 10, 2022, 12:01 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A public interest nonprofit urges the U.S. Supreme Court in an amicus brief to hear a cigar maker’s petition for certiorari challenging what the nonprofit describes as “procedural gamesmanship,” arguing that the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals violated high court precedent by hearing an appeal of the vacatur of a $44 million jury verdict in favor of a rival company after it voluntarily dismissed its own claims....