Legal Opinion
Squaxin Island Tribe v. Stephens
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided November 22, 2005No. C03-3951ZPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
ZILLY, District Judge.
The Squaxin Island Tribe and the Swi-nomish Indian Tribal Community (collectively, “Tribes”) seek declaratory and in-junctive relief barring the State of Washington (“State”) from collecting taxes on fuel sold by the Tribes within their respective reservations. 1 The Tribes bring the following three claims: (1) the State is barred from collecting the fuel taxes for fuel sold on Tribal land because the legal incidence of the taxes fall on the Tribes without clear congressional authorization; (2) taxation by the State is preempted because the tribal and federal…
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