| Docket # | SJC-09922 |
| Date | January 8, 2008 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
Summary (prepared by Suffolk University Law School) | Taxation-- This case challenges the suspension of the plaintiff's cigarette retailer license after the retailer sold cigarettes in violation of the minimum pricing law. |
| Appealed From | Appellate Tax Board |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant (Appearing) | Commissioner of Revenue: Kenneth W. Salinger |
Counsel for Appellee (Appearing) | Duarte: Carlin John Phillips, Andrew J. Garcia, Joseph P. Fingliss, Jr. |
| Amici Curiae | Northeast Association of Wholesale Distributors; New England Convenience Store Association; Retailers Association of Massachusetts; Cambridge Citizens for Smokers' Rights |