Here is the opinion in Cougar Den Inc. v. Washington State Dept. of Licensing.
Briefs:
92289-6 Appellant’s Opening Brief
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Haudenosaunee CCTA Defendant May Not Use Indian Law as a Defense to Cigarette Trafficking Charge
Here are the materials in United States v. Tarbell (N.D.N.Y.):
Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Challenge to Tribal Leasing Regs
Here is the opinion in Desert Water Agency v. Dept. of the Interior.
An excerpt from the court’s summary:
The panel affirmed the district court’s dismissal for lack of standing and ripeness of a complaint brought by the Desert Water Agency (“DWA”), a political subdivision of the State of California, against the United States Department of the Interior and its Bureau of Indian Affairs, challenging a federal regulation that DWA believed might preempt certain taxes and fees DWA assessed against non-Indians who leased lands within an Indian reservation.
New federal regulation 25 C.F.R. § 162.017 concerns taxes applied to leases approved on Indian lands to third parties. DWA provides water supplies and water services to businesses and residences in Riverside County, California, and charges fees and taxes to non-Indians who lease land from the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians within the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation.
The panel held that § 162.017 did not purport to change existing law, and therefore, did not itself operate to preempt DWA’s charges, and did not command DWA to modify its behavior by doing or refraining from doing anything. The panel concluded that DWA lacked standing because it had not suffered a cognizable injury at the hands of the Department of the Interior.
Briefs:
Lower court materials here.
Federal Court Denies State and Tribal Motions for Summary Judgment in Quil Ceda Tax Disputes
Ninth Circuit Rules against Yakama/King Mountain in Tax Dispute with Federals
Here is the opinion in Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation v. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.
Briefs and lower court materials here.
Court Permanently Enjoins County from Taxing Poarch Band’s Trust Lands
Briefs in Tulalip Tribes Quil Ceda Village Taxation Suit
Here are the materials in the case now captioned Tulalip Tribes v. State of Washington (W.D. Wash.):
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115-tulalip-reply-in-support-of-74
117-washington-reply-in-support-of-72
Complaints etc. here.
Pueblo of Acoma Sues to Prevent Tax Sale of Indian Lands
Here are the materials so far in Pueblo of Acoma v. Padilla (D. N.M.):
News coverage here.
Federal Court Won’t Allow Seminole to Try to Fight Tax on Remand from Eleventh Circuit
Here are the materials in Seminole Tribe of Florida v. State of Florida Dept. of Revenue (S.D. Fla.):
Federal Court Dismisses Comenout Suit
Here are the materials in Comenout v. Pierce County Superior Court (W.D. Wash.):
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