U.S. Supreme Court,
Tax,
Native Americans
Oct. 25, 2018
Freedom to transport tax free
A Native American treaty rights case up for U.S. Supreme Court review centers on whether an 1855 treaty protects a tribal member-owned fuel distributor from a 2007 state fuel tax.
Tim Evans
Partner
Holland & Knight LLP
Email: tim.evans@hklaw.com
Tim is in the firm's Native American Law Group.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has granted the petition for a writ of certiorari in Washington State Department of Licensing v. Cougar Den, Inc. (16-1498), on appeal from the Washington Supreme Court. In this case respondent Cougar Den, Inc., a tribal fuel distributor located on the Yakama Indian Reservation in Washington, is challenging a state tax and licensing assessment imposed for its unlicensed importing of fuel ...
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