New York state and New York City have prevailed in their case against United Parcel Service for the shipment of contraband cigarettes from and between Native American reservations.

Southern District Judge Katherine Forrest held that United Parcel Service violated an Assurance of Discontinuance (AOD) it signed in 2005 agreeing to cease transporting untaxed cigarettes. The state and city had sued for violations of state law and two federal cigarette trafficking laws, as well as on other theories.

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