Tribe Seeks High Court Review Of Nebraska Tobacco Sales Regulations

( December 23, 2024, 9:46 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two subsidiaries of a Winnebago Tribe-owned company urge the U.S. Supreme Court in a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling upholding Nebraska’s right to enforce Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) regulations over its tobacco sales to tribal nonmembers, arguing that the ruling conflicts with high court precedent and “strikes at the heart of tribal sovereignty.”...