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Monday, 30 April 2012 10:02 |
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Beer companies are asking a judge to
dismiss a $500 million lawsuit by an American Indian tribe that
accuses them of knowingly contributing to alcohol-related problems
on an impoverished South Dakota reservation.
Attorneys for the brewers, retailers and distributors filed
motions Friday to dismiss the lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed in
February by the Oglala Sioux Tribe, which governs the Pine Ridge
Indian Reservation.
The tribe alleges four beer stores in the tiny Nebraska border
town of Whiteclay sold to its members, knowing they would take it
back to the dry reservation. Attorneys for the beer companies say
the businesses all operate lawfully outside of the reservation's
borders.
Whiteclay has a population of 11 people and sold the equivalent
of 4.3 million, 12-ounce cans of beer last year.
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