Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning is suing the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma for allegedly failing to pay into a tobacco escrow account.
Bruning says the tribe's tobacco company sold 3,620,400 cigarettes in Nebraska in 2003. He says the tribe owes $70,580 as part of multi-state, billion-dollar tobacco settlement.
The tribe eventually agreed to pay the money. But Bruning says the tribe didn't pay the full amount and now owes nearly $159,000.
In Oklahoma, the tribe says it paid nearly $4 million into the state's escrow account.
The tribe is now suing in federal court to recover that money.
Get the Story:AG Bruning sues tobacco company (The Lincoln Journal Star 2/6) Relevant Links:
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