Court Seeks U.S. Views In Row Over State’s Ability To Tax Tribal Business

Mealey's (October 2, 2017, 1:29 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court justices want to hear what the new solicitor general thinks about a Washington Supreme Court decision exempting a tribal business from paying state taxes on gasoline it hauls to a reservation based on a “right to travel” provision in an 1855 treaty, asking for his views on the case in their Oct. 2 order list (Washington State Department of Licensing v. Cougar Den, Inc., No. 16-1498, U.S. Sup.)....