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  1. December 18, 2015

    The Biggest Native American Law Cases Of 2015

    Two Sixth Circuit decisions affirming National Labor Relations Board jurisdiction over tribal casinos and other businesses stand out as pivotal rulings in 2015, while attorneys also took notice of a California federal court holding that the state must restart compact negotiations for an off-reservation tribal casino and an Eleventh Circuit ruling barring a Florida sales tax on tribal lands. Here, Law360 looks back at some of the highest-profile Native American law cases of 2015.

  2. October 27, 2015

    Seminoles Can't Get 11th Circ. Rehearing In Utility Tax Fight

    The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday rejected the Seminole Tribe of Florida's bid for reconsideration of an earlier circuit decision that the tribe was subject to a state utilities tax because the legal incidence of the tax fell on a non-Indian utility company rather than tribe members.

  3. September 16, 2015

    Seminole Tribe Urges 11th Circ. To Rehear Fla. Tax Row

    The Seminole Tribe of Florida on Wednesday urged the full Eleventh Circuit to rethink a panel decision finding that the legal incidence of the state's tax on utilities falls on the provider rather than the consumer.

  4. August 28, 2015

    Tribal Interests Tip The Balance In Seminole Tax Ruling

    An Eleventh Circuit decision that federal law bars a state tax on rents the Seminole Tribe of Florida charged nontribal companies may not have been a total win, but strongly backs the interests of tribes and the federal government against state encroachment in the key area of taxation.

  5. August 26, 2015

    Fla. Rental Tax Precluded By Fed. Indian Law, 11th Circ. Says

    The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday ruled that federal law prohibits the collection of a sales tax by the state on rents charged by the Seminole Tribe of Florida to nontribal entities, but found that a tax on gross receipts for utilities provided to the tribe was not barred.

  6. July 20, 2015

    Native American Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2015

    In the final months of 2015, Native American law practitioners will look eagerly to the U.S. Supreme Court, which has agreed to hear two cases affecting tribal rights, with the lion's share of attention focused on Dollar General Corp.'s challenge to tribal jurisdiction over a sexual assault case.

  7. March 13, 2015

    Tribe Twisted Law To Avoid Fla. Casino Taxes, 11th Circ. Told

    State tax officials told the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday that the Seminole Tribe of Florida has distorted tax law to dodge paying state utilities tax and sales tax on rent it charges to companies running restaurants at tribal casinos.

  8. February 10, 2015

    Seminoles Ask 11th Circ. To Uphold Fla. Casino Tax Ruling

    The Seminole Tribe of Florida on Monday urged the Eleventh Circuit to uphold a decision determining that the tribe does not have to pay a state utilities tax and sales tax levied on rent it charges to companies running restaurants at tribal casinos.