NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Despite having sold millions of cigarettes in the state, an Indonesian cigarette distributor is not subject to personal jurisdiction over its failure to pay a $168,316 assessment to the state's escrow fund pursuant to the national tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), the Tennessee Supreme Court said in a divided March 28 opinion that reversed the state's Court of Appeals (State of Tennessee v. NV Sumatra Tobacco Trading Company, No. M2010-01955-SC-R11-CV, Tenn. Sup...(read more)![]()
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