HCI Distribution, Inc. v. Hilgers

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA HCI DISTRIBUTION, INC. and ROCK RIVER MANUFACTURING, INC., Plaintiffs, 8:18-CV-173 vs. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER MIKE HILGERS, Nebraska Attorney General, and GLEN A. WHITE, Interim Nebraska Tax Commissioner,1 Defendants. This case is about the constitutionality of some of the State of Nebraska's tobacco-related statutes as applied to the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs are wholly owned subsidiaries of an economic development company entirely controlled by a federally recognized Native American tribe, and they seek a declaration of rights…