NEW YORK v. MOUNTAIN TOBACCO CO.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

NELSON BOXER , Petrillo Klein & Boxer LLP, New York, NY ( Philip Pilmar , Petrillo Klein & Boxer LLP, New York, NY; Randolph H. Barnhouse , Barnhouse Keegan Solimon & West LLP, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee Mountain Tobacco Company.

JUDITH VALE ( Andrew D. Bing , Steven C. Wu , Eric Del Pozo , on the brief), for Letitia James , Attorney General for the State of New York, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant State of New York.

COURTNEY DIXON ( Hashim M. Mooppan , Mark B. Stern , William E. Havemann , Charles R. Gross , Jeffrey A. Cohen , on the brief), United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae United States of America in support of New York State.

JOHN M. PEEBLES ( Steven J. Bloxham , Tim Hennessy , Peter D. Lepsch , on the brief), Fredericks Peebles & Morgan LLP, Sacramento, CA, for Amicus Curiae National Congress of American Indians in support of King Mountain Tobacco Company Inc. (on submission).

Before: KEARSE, JACOBS, SACK, Circuit Judges.