Judge: State has ‘No legal Authority’ to Seize Untaxed Indian Cigarettes in Out-of-State Sales

Gale Courey Toensing
June 22, 2012
A New York State Supreme Court justice has ruled that the state had no legal authority to seize and hold a shipment of untaxed cigarettes that were manufactured on Indian land and ...

Does the Shadow of Big Tobacco Loom Behind the Recent Seizure of Mohawk Cigarettes?

Gale Courey Toensing
June 01, 2012
In the summer of 2011, the Altria Group, the biggest of the Big Tobacco companies and the parent company of Philip Morris USA, released a “white paper” that urged New York State to...

Senator Who Sought Indian Tobacco-Tax Gets 7 Years on Corruption Charges

Gale Courey Toensing
April 30, 2012
A former state senator who relentlessly attacked the Seneca Nation of Indians and other indigenous communities for selling tax-free cigarettes on Indian reservations has been sente...

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