United States Ninth Circuit

GREY POPLARS, INC. v. 1,371,000 ASSORTED BRANDS OF CIGARETTES, 00-35841

Read GREY POPLARS, INC. v. 1,371,000 ASSORTED BRANDS OF CIGARETTES, 00-35841
READ

Without tax stamps or preapproval to be sold on an Indian reservation, cigarettes numbering in excess of 60,000 are subject to seizure and forfeiture under the Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act, even where they are bound for shipment to another state.

Appellate Information

Argued 02/04/2002
Decided 03/08/2002
Published 03/08/2002

Judges

Before: HENRY A. POLITZ,WILLIAM C. CANBY, JR., and ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.

Court

United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

For Appellant:
R. Wayne Bjur,Bjur & Associates, P.S., Zillah, WA, for the claimant-appellant.

For Appellees:
Thomas O. Rice, Assistant United States Attorney, Spokane, WA, for the plaintiff/counter-defendant/appellee.