New York County Takes Property Tax Dispute With Tribe To Supreme Court

(March 5, 2021, 3:00 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the question of whether an Indian tribe’s sovereign immunity shields it from a municipality’s attempt to foreclose on the tribe’s land for not paying property taxes continuing to crop up in the federal courts, it’s time for the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and rule that tribes are not saved from avoiding foreclosure by their immunity, a New York county tells the high court in a Feb. 17 petition for a writ of certiorari....