( December 16, 2024, 11:34 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 16 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by a New Mexico tobacco company seeking review of an en banc Oregon Supreme Court decision upholding a state Tax Court’s levying of more than $1 million in net income tax from the company based on sales to in-state wholesalers, which the tobacco company argued violated its immunity from such taxation under federal law....