9th Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Tribal Business’s Challenge To Cigarette Taxes

Mealey's (June 29, 2021, 2:08 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on June 16 affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a tribal corporation’s challenge to California’s taxation and regulation of its intertribal cigarette sales for failure to state a claim and lack of jurisdiction, with one concurring judge writing separately to express “doubts” about whether the corporation qualifies as an Indian “tribe or band” entitled to federal jurisdiction....