Tribes Support Review Of County Tax On Lessees Of California Tribe’s Land

Mealey's (April 26, 2022, 1:12 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Supreme Court review is needed for a California appeals court’s ruling allowing a county to impose a possessory interest tax on lessees of land set aside for a Native American tribe because “only tribal governments have the power to tax non-Indians on privileges derived from tribal lands,” several tribes argue in an April 21 amicus curiae brief....