Legal Opinion
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community v. Jay Rising Harrold Reid Timothy Blanksvard
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 28, 2007No. 05-2398PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.
The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community is a federally recognized Indian tribe with approximately 3,300 members, 868 of whom live on the Community’s Reservation in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and roughly 500 others who live in neighboring counties. The Community is the successor in interest to the L’Anse and Ontonagon bands of Chippewa Indians. The Community brought this action against Jay Rising, Treasurer of the State of Michigan, and Harrold Reid and Timothy Blanksvard, two Michigan State Police Officers, to challenge the state’s efforts to tax tobacco…
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