Yakama Indian Nation v. Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade, et al
Case Number:
14-35165
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Government Agencies
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December 13, 2016
Tribe's Cig-Tax Suit Barred By Federal Law, 9th Circ. Says
The Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Yakama Indian Nation can't sue to bar the imposition of a federal excise tax on a member-owned company's tobacco products, saying the tribe's claims fall under a federal law that "bars any suit that would restrain the assessment and collection of any tax."
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August 30, 2016
1855 Treaty Exempts Tribe From Tobacco Tax, 9th Circ. Told
An Indian tribe argued to the Ninth Circuit Tuesday that a Washington federal court wrongly ignored a 160-year-old treaty when it determined that a tribe-member-owned tobacco company on tribal land was still subject to a federal product tax.