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[New York] Schneiderman sues Native American-owned cigarette company
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed suit against a major supplier of a very popular line of native-brand cigarettes on Monday.
Mar 4, 2013
Albany (NY) Times Union blogs
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Mar 4, 2013 16:30
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[New York] A.G. Schneiderman Sues Major Contraband Cigarette Dealers For Evading State Taxes
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced today that his office has filed a lawsuit against two companies for illegally selling contraband cigarettes without paying the required state excise taxes. The lawsuit, which is the result of an ongoing inve
Mar 4, 2013
Office of New York State Attorney General
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Mar 4, 2013 16:26
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[Canada, New York] AG ups heat on no-tax smokes
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is escalating a crackdown on major suppliers of cigarettes to Native American stores in New York. He is planning to file federal and state charges against a key supplier based in Canada, and against a Seneca Indian Nati
Mar 3, 2013
Albany (NY) Times-Union
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Mar 3, 2013 13:24
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[New York] Cigarette distributors face lawsuit
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman is expected to file a lawsuit Monday morning targeting a cigarette plant on the Six Nations of the Grand River Indian reservation near Hamilton, Ont., and a Seneca businessman working with the Canadian operation to s
Mar 3, 2013
Buffalo (NY) News
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Mar 3, 2013 11:07
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[Washington] Cigarette maker may face $30M tax bill
A Yakama tribal cigarette manufacturer could be on the hook for some $30 million in federal tobacco taxes under a recent federal court ruling. Delbert Wheeler, owner of King Mountain Tobacco in White Swan, along with the Yakama Nation, sought an order i
Feb 22, 2013
Vancouver (WA) Columbian
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Feb 22, 2013 10:49
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In South Dakota prisons, Indian inmates get to smoke — for religious reasons | The Knowledge Effect
After ruling last year that the South Dakota prison system violated the rights of incarcerated Native American tribe members when it imposed a blanket ban on all inmate tobacco use, a federal judge has issued guidelines regarding appropriate use.
Feb 21, 2013
Thomson Reuters
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Feb 21, 2013 16:54
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[Washington] Judge: Yakama tobacco subject to federal taxes
A ruling by a federal judge in Spokane could open a Yakama Nation tobacco company to tens of millions of dollars in tax liability.
Feb 19, 2013
AP - Associated Press
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Feb 19, 2013 18:37
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[Nebraska] Judge tosses Native inmates' complaint over prison rules
A federal judge has dismissed an action alleging Nebraska prison officials reneged on a 2005 agreement to accommodate religious and cultural needs of Native inmates. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Warren Urbom stemmed from a complaint filed in August
Feb 6, 2013
Lincoln (NE) Journal Star
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Feb 16, 2013 22:29
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Idaho Supreme Court Considers Tribal Tobacco Dispute
A case currently pending before the Idaho Supreme Court could establish new precedent regarding a State’s authority to regulate tribal tobacco sales.
Jan 26, 2013
Tobacco Law blog— Troutman Sanders LLP
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Jan 28, 2013 23:06
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[Washington] STATE OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, vs. KING MOUNTAIN TOBACCO COMPANY (PDF)
Defendants . . . have sold and shipped, and continue to sell and ship, large quantities of unstamped and unreported cigarettes into the State of New York. 2. Defendants’ actions undermine New York's public health efforts and violate numerous state and fe
Dec 21, 2012
Office of New York State Attorney General
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Dec 24, 2012 09:56