7th Circuit Reverses, Says 4 Tribes’ Alienated Indian Land Is Not Taxable

Mealey's (August 17, 2022, 1:20 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Indian property that was once sold to a non-Indian but then sold back to an Indian is not subject to taxation by Wisconsin or its municipalities under an 1854 treaty, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Aug. 15 in reversing a district court’s grant of summary judgment to the state and several municipalities on the issue....