Legal Opinion
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Marshall Stranburg
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 26, 2015No. 14-14524PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSENBAUM, Circuit Judge:
Benjamin Franklin said, “[I]n this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” 1 He was almost right. As this case illustrates, even taxes are not certain when it comes to matters affecting Indian tribes. In this appeal, we consider whether Florida’s Rental Tax and Florida’s Utility Tax, as applied to matters occurring on Seminole Tribe lands, violate the tenets of federal Indian law. For the reasons that follow, we find that the Utility Tax as it involves activities on Tribe land does not, but the Rental Tax does.
I. Background
A. Factual…
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