Justices Deny Cert For Tribal Tobacco Company’s Challenge To Taxation

Mealey's (June 10, 2019, 1:06 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C.  — An Indian tobacco company must pay federal excise taxes on its products, despite the language of an 1855 treaty, after the U.S. Supreme Court on June 10 denied the company’s petition for certiorari, letting stand a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision (King Mountain Tobacco Co., Inc. v. United States, No. 18-984, U.S. Sup.)....