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  1. December 20, 2019

    Biggest Native American Rulings From The 2nd Half Of 2019

    Federal courts handed key wins to tribes in the past six months by blocking a proposed Arizona mine and requiring more Federal Communications Commission review for 5G infrastructure, but also rebuffed Native American voters' challenge to a North Dakota law and ordered the Seneca Nation to fork over casino revenue to New York. Here, Law360 looks at the significant rulings in Native American law from the second half of 2019.

  2. November 08, 2019

    Federal Cig Shipping Law Covers Tribal Co., 2nd Circ. Says

    The Second Circuit ruled Thursday that a Native American-owned tobacco maker's sales to reservations in other states was interstate commerce under the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act, partly overturning a New York federal judge's decision.

  3. May 30, 2018

    Federal Law Applies In Native Cig Tax Suit, 2nd Circ. Told

    The federal government on Tuesday told the Second Circuit that a lower court wrongly dismissed some claims in a cigarette tax battle between the state of New York and a Native American-owned tobacco maker, saying the tribe's cigarette sales to reservations in other states constituted interstate commerce subject to the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act.

  4. May 24, 2018

    NY Tells 2nd Circ. Native-Owned Tobacco Co. Flouted Tax Law

    The state of New York on Tuesday told the Second Circuit that a lower court correctly barred a Native American-owned tobacco maker's bulk sales of cigarettes within the state, saying the district court correctly found that the sale of cigarettes without tax stamps violates state tax law.