Poarch Band of Creek Indians v. Moore

  1. December 06, 2016

    Ala. Tribe Wins Permanent Block On Local Tax Assessments

    A federal judge on Monday permanently barred the assessment of state and local taxes on land held in trust for the Poarch Band of Creek Indians by the federal government, handing the tribe a win in its lawsuit against an Alabama county tax official.

  2. November 07, 2016

    Ala. Tax Official Won't Oppose Tribe's Bid To Block Taxes

    An Alabama county tax assessor told a federal court Friday that he would no longer oppose the Poarch Band of Creek Indians' efforts to bar the assessment of state and local taxes on land held in trust for it by the federal government, in light of two Eleventh Circuit rulings.

  3. October 18, 2016

    Ala. Tribe Moves For Quick Win In Casino Tax Suit

    The Poarch Band of Creek Indians sought an immediate win in its suit challenging tax assessments on a tribal casino, telling an Alabama federal court Tuesday that there is no factual dispute over whether the tribe's land is exempt from state and local taxation.

  4. September 13, 2016

    Tax Official's Claims, Defenses Axed In Ala. Tribe's Suit

    An Alabama federal judge on Monday tossed counterclaims against the Poarch Band of Creek Indians in its suit challenging tax assessments on a tribal casino and agreed with the band that two defenses asserted by an Alabama county tax assessor should be thrown out.

  5. August 26, 2016

    Ala. Tribe Says Tax Official's Defenses Should Be Nixed

    The Poarch Band of Creek Indians on Thursday objected to recommendations made by a federal magistrate judge in the tribe's suit seeking to have tax assessments on the tribe's casino property tossed, saying two defenses asserted by an Alabama county tax assessor were clearly invalid.

  6. August 11, 2016

    Tax Claims Against Tribe, Feds Should Be Axed, Judge Says

    A federal magistrate judge on Wednesday said an Alabama county tax collector's counterclaims against the federal government and a Native American tribe in a suit over tax assessments on the tribe's casino property should be tossed, saying some of the claims are too old to move forward.

  7. November 24, 2015

    11th Circ. Ruling Can't Bar Casino Tax Defense: Ala. Assessor

    An Alabama county tax collector facing a suit from a Native American tribe over his attempts to tax its casino defended his counterclaims Monday, saying they are not barred by a recent Eleventh Circuit decision prohibiting the state from challenging the tribe's trust lands.

  8. November 03, 2015

    Tribe, Feds Say 11th Circ. Already Resolved Ala. Tax Claims

    The U.S. government and an Alabama tribe urged a federal court Monday to dismiss a local tax collector's counterclaims in a suit over tax assessment on the tribe's casino property, saying a recent Eleventh Circuit decision bars the state from challenging the status of Indian lands.

  9. August 20, 2015

    Tax Assessor's Claims Against Feds In Tribal Row Revived

    An Alabama district judge has reversed her decision barring a local tax collector from naming the U.S. government in his counterclaims in a suit over assessing taxes against a tribe's casino property, saying the additional counterclaim defendants were lawfully added after all.

  10. August 06, 2015

    Ala. Assessor Blames Interior For Tribe's Untaxable Casino

    An Alabama county tax collector facing a suit from the state's only federally recognized Native American tribe over his attempt to tax its casino roped the federal government into the suit with counterclaims he filed Tuesday, saying the land should never have been taken into trust.