TRITENT INTERN. CORP. v. KENTUCKY

No. CIV.A. 3:04-67-JMH.

395 F.Supp.2d 521 (2005)

TRITENT INTERNATIONAL CORP.; Dwi, LLC; and Cibahia Tabacos Especias Ltda, Plaintiffs, v. Commonwealth of KENTUCKY, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Kentucky, Frankfort.

October 24, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Foster Dobbins, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP, New York City, John Kevin West, McCoy, West, Franklin & Beal, Melinda G. Wilson, M.G. Wilson, PLLC, T. Scott White, Morgan & Pottinger, P.S.C. — Lexington, Lexington, Walter Michael Luers, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP — New York, New York City, for Tritent International Corp. An Illinois Corporation, Dwi, LLC A Kentucky Corporation, Cibahia Tabacos Especias Ltda A Brazilian Corporation, Plaintiffs.

James Michael Herrick, Assistant Attorney General, Michael Plumley, Office of Attorney General — KY, Douglas M. Dowell, Office of Legal Services for Revenue, Frankfort, KY, for Commonwealth of Kentucky Ex Rel Gregory D. Stumbo, Attorney General, in his official capacity — Gregory D. Stumbo, Mark Treesh Commissioner of the Kentucky Revenue Department, in his official capacity, Defendants.

Susan C. Walker, Attorney General's Office — Columbus, OH, Columbus, OH, for Amici Curiae Settling States Ohio, South Carolina, Arkansas, Montana, Pennsylvania, Iowa, South Dakota, New York, Idaho, Maine, Puerto Rico, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Maryland, West Virginia, Louisiana, Alaska, Rhode Island & Missouri, Movant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HOOD, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on Plaintiffs' motion for reconsideration of the Court's order and judgment of September 8, 2005 [Record No. 81]. Defendant filed a response [Record No. 82], to which Plaintiffs replied [Record Nos. 84]. This matter is now ripe for review.

On September 8, 2005, the Court granted Defendant's motion to dismiss, finding that the statutes enacted by Kentucky to enforce...

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