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    Supreme Court rules in Oklahoma tribal tobacco dispute

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (AP)

    The state Supreme Court has dismissed an injunction had barred state collection of cigarette taxes from tobacco stores licensed by the Osage Nation.

    Justices ruled that a lower court didn’t have jurisdiction to stop the Oklahoma Tax Commission from collecting 86 cents per pack from the tribe’s licensed tobacco retailers.


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