CHIPPEWA TRADING CO. v. COX

No. 03-1445.

365 F.3d 538 (2004)

CHIPPEWA TRADING CO., an Indian corporation chartered and organized under the laws of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael COX, an individual in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of Michigan; Jay B. Rising, an individual in his official capacity as Treasurer of the State of Michigan, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed April 19, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott M. Moore (argued and briefed), Moore International Law Offices, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Daniel M. Levy (argued and briefed), Office of the Attorney General of Michigan, Detroit, MI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BOGGS, Chief Judge; and BATCHELDER and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

BOGGS, Chief Judge.

Chippewa Trading Co. appeals from the dismissal of its action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, challenging the constitutionality of several aspects of Michigan's Tobacco Products Tax Act (TPTA), Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.421 et seq. The district court concluded that principles of comity counseled it to abstain from hearing Chippewa's challenge to a state tax scheme, as Chippewa had a "plain, adequate, and complete" remedy...

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