First Nations’ Cigarette Maker Asks To Stay Challenge To Oregon ‘Equity’ Law

(July 9, 2024, 1:39 PM EDT) -- EUGENE, Ore. — A Canadian First Nations-owned cigarette manufacturer and Oregon on July 8 filed a joint motion in Oregon federal court to stay the manufacturer’s lawsuit over the state’s new payment requirement based on cigarette sales pending the outcome of an appeal of a parallel state court ruling that the requirement violates the state Constitution....