Here:
Thurtson County Response to Motion for Judicial Notice
The motion is here.
Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation v. Thur
Chehalis Asks Ninth Circuit to Take Judicial Notice of New Interior Regulations re: Taxability of Trust Land Improvements
Here is the motion in Confederated Chehalis Tribes v. Thurston County Board of Equalization:
Chehalis Motion to Take Judicial Notice
The federal regs are here. 25 CFR 162.017 reads:
Subject only to applicable Federal law, permanent improvements on the leased land, without regard to ownership of those improvements, are not subject to any fee, tax, assessment, levy or other charge imposed by any State or political subdivision of a State. Improvements may be subject to taxation by the Indian tribe with jurisdiction.
Federal Court Dismisses Stalker’s Habeas Petition against Chehalis; Notes that Petition Could Have Merit, However
Here are the materials in Youckton v. Stinson (W.D. Wash.):
DCT Order Dismissing Stouckton Petition
An excerpt:
Youckton makes the following argument to support his double jeopardy claim: (1) Youckton committed domestic violence under Chehalis Tribal Code (“CTC”) § 15.03.02; (2) domestic violence is defined under CTC §15.03.01, which sets out five possible ways to commit domestic violence; (3) the only way Youckton’s case fits into the domestic violence definition is under the fifth way, stalking; (4) stalking is defined by CTC § 15.04.01, which envisions “repeated” contact; (5) Youckton’s multiple texts/phone calls should be considered “repeated” contact for purposes of sentencing, which would require sentencing him for this conduct as one unit of offense; therefore (6) sentencing him for 205 separate violations rather than as one unit of crime may constitute double jeopardy.
Tribe Loses Summary Judgment Motions in Chehalis Great Wolf Lodge Case
Confederated Chehalis Tribes v. Thurston County Update
Chehalis has filed a motion for summary judgment against Thurston County on the question of whether the county may tax the non-Indian-owned portion of a Great Wolf Lodge located on tribal trust lands. The Western District of Washington previously denied the Tribe’s motion for a preliminary injunction (materials here). Here is the news coverage of the instant motion (Indianz and local).
And here are the briefs for the summary judgment motion:
chehalis-motion-for-summary-judgment
County Taxation of Mixed-Ownership Tribal Enterprise
The Western District of Washington denied a motion for a preliminary injunction brought by the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation to prevent Thurston County, Washington from taxing a business (a Great Wolf Lodge) jointly owned by a non-native corporation and the tribes.
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