Federal Judge: Tribe’s Company Owes Government $6.4 Million In Assessments

Mealey's (November 8, 2016, 1:25 PM EST) -- YAKIMA, Wash. — A Native American tobacco company must pay the federal government more than $6.4 million in assessments under the Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 (FETRA) that the company has not paid in the last four years, a Washington federal judge ruled Nov. 7 in awarding the government summary judgment on the amount owed (United States of America v. King Mountain Tobacco Co., Inc., No. 1:14-cv-03162, E.D. Wash.)....