Michigan Supreme Court: Tribal Government Not The Same As Local Government

(July 10, 2019, 2:22 PM EDT) -- LANSING, Mich. — The government of a federally recognized Indian tribe does not constitute a “local government” under Michigan’s Constitution, the state’s Supreme Court held July 8 in a 6-1 decision (Fred Paquin v City of St. Ignace, No. 156823, Mich. Sup., 2019 Mich. LEXIS 1246)....

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