Judge halts tribe's cigarette sales to nonmembers
In a decision that could put a significant crimp in untaxed cigarette sales from the Poospatuck tribal reservation in Mastic, a federal judge has granted New York City's request for an injunction against sales to nonmembers of the Indian tribe.
U.S. District Judge Carol Amon, following a four-day hearing in May, found that sales from reservation smoke shops fueled a massive bootlegging trade...