RED EARTH LLC v. U.S.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Abate , Attorney, Appellate Staff, Department of Justice Civil Division, Washington, D.C. ( Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, William J. Hochul, Jr. , United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, Mark B. Stern , Alisa B. Klein , Attorneys, Appellate Staff, Department of Justice Civil Division, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Lisa A. Coppola , Rupp, Baase, Pfalzgraf, Cunningham & Coppol LLC, Buffalo, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants Red Earth LLC, d/b/a Seneca Smokeshop and Aaron J. Pierce.

Howard M. Radzely , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, D.C. ( R. Edward Cruz , Russell R. Bruch , Leni D. Battaglia , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, D.C., Daniel B. Moar , Goldberg Segalla LLP, Buffalo, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, Seneca Free Trade Association.

Richard T. Sullivan , Harris Beach PLLC, Buffalo, NY, for Amici Curiae National Association of Convenience Stores and New York Association of Convenience Stores.

Allison M. Zieve ( Gregory A. Beck , on the brief), Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae American Cancer Society, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Heart Association, American Legacy Foundation, American Lung Association and Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

Michael A. Cardozo , Corporation Counsel of the City of New York ( Eric Proshansky , Victoria Scalzo , Aaron M. Bloom , William H. Miller , Assistant Corporation Counsel, on the brief), New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae City of New York.

Carol E. Heckman , Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, Buffalo, NY. ( Riyaz A. Kanji , Kanji & Katzen, PLLC, Ann Arbor, MI, on the brief), for Amicus Curiae Seneca Nation of Indians.

Andrew M. Cuomo , Attorney General of the State of New York ( Barbara D. Underwood , Solicitor General, Alison J. Nathan , Special Counsel to the Solicitor General, Benjamin N. Gutman , Deputy Solicitor General, on the brief), New York, NY, for Amici Curiae States of New York, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

Before: JACOBS, WALKER, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.