Boyd v. Deadwood Tobacco Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 23-cv-22215-ALTMAN/Reid VAUGHN BOYD and SWI-DE, LLC d/b/a DREW ESTATE, Plaintiffs, v. DEADWOOD TOBACCO COMPANY, Defendant. __________________________________/ ORDER In July of 2016, our Defendant, Deadwood Tobacco Company (“DTC”), entered into a licensing agreement with Drew Estate, a cigar manufacturer, to sell a line of premium cigars. A few years later, Vaughn Boyd—the founder of DTC—sold her company to new owners, who, in turn, created their own line of premium cigars. Boyd and Drew Estate have now sued DTC “for federal…