ALBANY -- Just as state tax agents were preparing to act on the Legislature's and Gov. David Paterson's decision to collect taxes from Native American cigarette merchants, a federal court judge in Buffalo on Tuesday gave a reprieve to at least two Indian nations. Ruling in favor of the Seneca and Cayuga tribes, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Arcara temporarily blocked the state from enforcing the law until a hearing to determine if a trial is in order. The hearing on his preliminary...
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