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State sues Native American company over tobacco sale ($$) 

Jump to full article: Nashville (TN) Business Journal, 2008-04-25
Author: Jim Stinson Nashville Business Journal

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The state of Tennessee has sued Black Hawk Tobacco Inc. of California over the sale of three cartons of cigarettes.

The cigarettes are produced by Native Americans on the Agua Caliente Reservation in Southern California, according to the company's Web site.

Robert E. Cooper, Tennessee attorney general, filed the lawsuit this month on behalf of Reagan Farr, the state's tax commissioner. The lawsuit asks that Black Hawk Tobacco be fined for the sale of the cartons.

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