Legal Opinion

Andrew L. Cook, Individually and D/B/A Andy Cook's Truck Stop, and Jeanette Cook, Individually and D/B/A Andy Cook's Truck Stop v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided June 6, 1996No. 95-5074PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ARCHER, Chief Judge.

DECISION

Andrew and Jeanette Cook (the Cooks) appeal the February 6,1995 judgment of the Court of Federal Claims, No. 93-496 T, dismissing the Cooks’ complaint and granting the United States’ counterclaim for payment of excise tax. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Andrew and Jeanette Cook are members of the Onondaga Indian Nation. The Cooks own and operate a diesel fuel truck stop along Interstate 81 within the Onondaga Indian Reservation. In 1986 and 1987, the Cooks purchased approximately twelve million gallons of diesel fuel from distributors in Canada which they in turn sold to…

2Cases cited8 opinions

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  2. Squire v. CapoemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  3. Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian NationSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. KneipSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Bank Melli Iran Bank Mellat v. Shams Pahlavi, AKA H.I.H. Princess Shams PahlaviCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995

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3Cited by21 opinions

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