State of New York v. Mountain Tobacco Company et al

  1. April 06, 2022

    NY, Native Cig Biz Get Go-Ahead To Settle Tax, Trafficking Suit

    King Mountain Tobacco Co. agreed to pay up to $400,000 to New York state in an agreement approved by a federal court settling the state attorney general's claims that the company skirted cigarette taxes and violated reporting and registration requirements.

  2. March 30, 2022

    Native-Owned Tobacco Co. Settles NY's Tax, Trafficking Suit

    The state of New York and a Native American-owned cigarette maker have asked a federal judge to approve a $400,000 settlement deal to resolve the state's claims the company was trafficking unstamped cigarettes into New York from Washington's Yakama Nation reservation and cutting the state out of tax revenue.

  3. July 20, 2020

    Native Cig Co. Says NY Judge Should Snuff Out State's Suit

    King Mountain Tobacco Co. has opposed the state of New York's request that a federal court keep jurisdiction over the state's suit against the Native American tobacco maker, saying claims King Mountain might have resumed shipping illegal cigarettes to New York are "flatly wrong."

  4. June 18, 2020

    NY State Says Native Co. May Be Again Illegally Shipping Cigs

    The state of New York asked a federal judge Thursday to grant it a win but keep jurisdiction over certain claims in a suit against a Native American tobacco maker, saying former company officials may be shipping illegal cigarettes to the state through a connected company.

  5. September 02, 2016

    Native-Owned Tobacco Co. Says NY Can't Appeal Cig Ruling

    A Native American-owned tobacco maker urged a New York federal judge Thursday to block the Empire State from appealing her recent decision granting the company a partial victory when she cleared it of most federal trafficking claims.

  6. July 22, 2016

    NY Scores Partial Win Over Native-Owned Tobacco Co.

    While a federal judge on Thursday cleared a Native American-owned tobacco maker of most of the federal trafficking claims lodged against it by New York state, he found it liable for certain state law claims in a suit stemming from millions of dollars in allegedly unpaid cigarette taxes.

  7. March 29, 2016

    NY, Native-Owned Tobacco Co. Square Off In Cigarette Tax Row

    The state of New York and a Native-American owned tobacco maker traded blows in New York federal court Monday as they each seek to resolve the state's claims that the company owes millions of dollars in unpaid cigarette taxes.