King Mountain Tobacco Company, Inc., Petitioner v. United States
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June 10, 2019
High Court Won't Review Tribal Tobacco Co.'s $58M Tax Tab
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a Native American-owned tobacco company's challenge to a decision upholding its $58 million federal tax bill, a ruling which the company contended had created a circuit court split over how to interpret tribal treaty tax provisions.
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May 21, 2019
Circuit Split Not 'Minor' In $58M Tax Row, Tobacco Co. Says
The federal government's characterization of differences between circuit courts in interpreting tribal tax treaties as "minor" endangers the rights of indigenous people nationwide, a Native American tobacco company facing a $58 million tax bill told U.S. Supreme Court justices.
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May 02, 2019
Justices Urged To Leave Tobacco Co.'s $58M Tax Bill Alone
The U.S. Supreme Court shouldn't examine whether a Native American company owes $58 million in federal tobacco excise taxes, as a lower court correctly decided the taxes don't violate an 1855 treaty, the government has told the high court.
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January 29, 2019
Supreme Court Asked To Burn Tobacco Co.'s $58M Tax Tab
A Native American tobacco company urged the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve a disagreement between lower appellate courts on how to interpret treaty tax provisions, after the Ninth Circuit concluded the company owes $58 million in federal excise taxes.