In Re: CTGW LLC (Thurston Co. BOE)
Sep 29, 2014OUTCOME: Personal Property Tax Exemption
Declared improvements owned by tribal joint venture, tax-exempt.
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OUTCOME: Personal Property Tax Exemption
Declared improvements owned by tribal joint venture, tax-exempt.
OUTCOME: Reversal In Favor of Tribe
County attempted to assess personal property taxes on a hotel, convention center and waterpark permanently affixed to reservation trust lands and majority-owned by the Chehalis Tribe
OUTCOME: Affirmed Conviction But Also Affirmed Tribal Sovereignty
Appeared as amicus curiae to the Washington State Supreme Court on behalf of the ACLU of Washington, in support of tribal sovereignty, specifically the need for state law enforcement to follow codified ... tribal procedures prior to any search or arrest on reservation tribal trust lands.
OUTCOME: Permanent Injunction Against United States
Yakama challenged a proposed USDA permit to allow a private company to import municipal waste from the Hawaiian Islands to Washington State, where Yakama enjoys reserved Treaty subsistence rights