Oklahoma SCT Rejects Tribal Citizen Income Tax Immunity in Indian Country

Here are the opinions in Stroble v. Oklahoma Tax Commission:

Briefs here.

City of Sherrill is the epitome of fascism.

SCOTUS Denies Cert in South Point Energy v. Arizona

Here is yesterday’s order list.

Cert stage materials here.

California Federal Court Holds Alturas Indian Rancheria Official in Contempt for Violating Injunction on Selling Smokes

Here are the new materials in California v. Del Rosa (E.D. Cal.):

Prior post here.

SCOTUS Denies HCI Tax Petition

Here is today’s order list.

Cert stage materials in HCI Distribution Inc. v. Hilgers are here.

South Point Energy v. Arizona DOR Cert Petition

Here is the petition in South Point Energy Center LLC v. Arizona Dept. of Revenue:

Lower court materials here.

Arizona BIO

SCOTUS Denies Bibeau v. Commissioner

Order list here.

Just goes to show that there really is no opportunity for Indian people or tribal nations to persuade the federal judiciary to correct its past mistakes. There is no room for long-term litigation strategies.

Petition here.

The clown motel thing is not a reflection on the Court, this pic just has the word “tax” in it.

California Federal Court Rejects Tribal Challenge to Placement on PACT Act Noncompliance List

Here are the materials in Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians v. Garland (C.D. Cal.):

1 Complaint

47 ATF Motion for Summary J

51 Opposition

54 Reply

65 DCT Order

Bibeau v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Cert Petition

Here:

Lower court materials here.

Ho-Chunk Inc. Cert Petition in Tax Dispute with Nebraska

Here is the petition in HCI Distribution Inc. v. Hilgers:

Questions presented:

I. Under this Court’s decision in California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202 (1987), may a state directly regulate commerce between tribal economic development entities on the tribe’s own reservation lands without a showing of exceptional circumstances?

II. In conducting the balancing test under White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker, 448 U.S. 136 (1980), may a court discount a tribe’s interests in self-determination and self-sufficiency based upon the court’s view of the significance of the tribe’s economic development activities?

III. Did the Eighth Circuit’s modification of the District Court’s injunction effectively rewrite Nebraska’s escrow and bond statutes, substituting the court’s decision for that of the state legislature, in violation of the standards set forth in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of New England, 546 U.S. 320 (2006) and other precedents of this Court?

Lower court materials here.

Brief in Opposition

Reply

California Federal Dismisses CCTA Suit against Alturas Tribe, Business, Individual, Whatever

Here are the new materials in State of California v. Del Rosa (E.D. Cal.):