Seneca Nation Gets Win in Court
Chalk one up for the Senecas.
A federal judge has granted a 14-day restraining order that allows the Seneca Smokshop to keep selling mail order cigarettes. The Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking – or PACT Act – was passed by Congress and signed by the president earlier this year. It goes into effect on Thursday.
Red Earth, the corporation that runs the Seneca Smokeshop, successfully argued that the PACT Act would irreparably harm their business, and also that aspects of the Act violate the U.S. Constitution.
The Senecas and the U.S. government have been ordered to appear in Federal Court in Buffalo for a hearing next Wednesday.
A federal judge has granted a 14-day restraining order that allows the Seneca Smokshop to keep selling mail order cigarettes. The Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking – or PACT Act – was passed by Congress and signed by the president earlier this year. It goes into effect on Thursday.
Red Earth, the corporation that runs the Seneca Smokeshop, successfully argued that the PACT Act would irreparably harm their business, and also that aspects of the Act violate the U.S. Constitution.
The Senecas and the U.S. government have been ordered to appear in Federal Court in Buffalo for a hearing next Wednesday.
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