9th Circuit Stands By Affirmance Of California’s Tax On Leased Indian Trust Lands

Mealey's (March 7, 2019, 11:30 AM EST) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 6 declined to review its affirmance of a California county’s collection of a state tax on U.S. trust lands leased by an Indian tribe and finding that the tax is not preempted by federal law (Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Riverside County, et al., No. 17-56003, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 6767)....