NY Appellate Division Affirms NY State Police Authority to Confiscate HCI Smokes

Here is the opinion in HCI Distribution Inc. v. New York State Police Troop B Commander (N.Y. A.D.), reversing the lower court:

HCI v NY State Police

Lower court materials here.

State Continues to Hold Cigarettes While Challenging Court Order

News coverage here.

Previous coverage of HCI Distributing v. New York State Police here.

H/T C.G.

N.Y. Supreme Court Opinion in Favor of Ho-Chunk Industries in Cigarette Confiscation Case

Here:

HCI Decision 6 18 2012

Prior posts here and here.

HCI Distribution Sues New York State to Recover Confiscated Truck Loaded with Native-Manufactured Smokes

Here are the materials in HCI Distribution v. New York State Police (N.Y. Sup. Ct.):

2012-02-28 Order to show cause

2012-02-28 Final Verified Petition

2012-02-27 Tarbell Affidavit (Executed)

2012-02-28 Guerrero Affidavit (Executed)

2012-03-01 Amended RJI

1 State Police – Cover Letter

2 State Police – Answer

3 State Police – Exhibits

4 State Police – Memorandum of Law

5 State Police – Appendix Unreported Cases

6 State Police – Affidavits and Affirmations

7 State Police – NEB AAG Affd w Exhibits