(September 1, 2016, 11:44 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — United Parcel Service Inc. on Aug. 29 asked a federal judge in New York to bar the State of New York and New York City from presenting the amount of damages they are seeking against it in an upcoming cigarette trafficking trial (The State of New York, et al. v. United Parcel Service Inc., No. 15-cv-1136, S.D. N.Y.).

(Motion available. Document #04-160921-006M.)

UPS says in its motion before U.S. Judge Katherine B. Forrest of the Southern District of New York that the city...