Keweenaw Bay Indian Community v. Khouri et al

  1. August 11, 2022

    Mich. Wins Chance To Tax Tribe's Members Off-Reservation

    A federal judge on Thursday amended an injunction that prevented Michigan from collecting use tax from members of an American Indian tribe both inside and outside its tribal boundaries, saying state law could allow apportionment for off-reservation taxation of tribal members.

  2. October 18, 2021

    Tribe Asks Judge To Block Mich. Use Tax Apportionment Bid

    The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community asked a federal judge to deny Michigan's request to apportion a use tax that the court previously blocked from being collected on property inside tribal territory, accusing the state of trying to circumvent the injunction.

  3. September 24, 2021

    Michigan Asks To Apportion Tax On Keweenaw Bay Tribe

    Michigan has urged a federal judge to tweak his recent ruling that the state can't collect a use tax from the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and its members for property used within tribal territory, saying the state should be allowed to apportion the tax to collect it from tribal members.

  4. August 27, 2021

    Mich. Blocked From Collecting Use Taxes From Tribe

    Michigan is barred from collecting use taxes from the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community or its members for property used within the community's territory, a federal court said in an injunction implementing a ruling partially siding with the community.

  5. July 13, 2021

    Mich. Tribe Can't Fight Sales And Tobacco Taxes, Court Says

    Michigan can impose sales tax and tobacco tax on transactions involving the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and its members, a Michigan federal court said Tuesday, while holding that the state's imposition of a use tax is unconstitutional.

  6. August 29, 2019

    New Ruling Doesn't Affect Mich. Tribe's Tax Suit, Court Told

    The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community has told a Michigan federal judge that its suit against the state's tax authority is factually different from previous tribes' failed sovereign claims and thus the case shouldn't change over a Ninth Circuit ruling.

  7. November 19, 2018

    Mich. Says Tribe Doesn't Deserve Win In Tax Authority Suit

    Michigan state officials have slammed a Native American community's quick win bid in a suit over the state's tax authority, saying the community had provided information that was inaccurate or unsupported and federal law did not preempt the state's imposition of sales or tobacco tax.

  8. October 22, 2018

    Tribe Accuses Mich. Of Using 'Rules Of Their Own Invention'

    An American Indian community and Michigan officials have filed competing motions in federal court seeking quick wins in a suit over the state's tax authority, with the community saying Michigan was applying "legally incorrect rules of their own invention" and the officials saying the community relied on inapplicable law.

  9. September 05, 2018

    Mich. Officials Urge Discovery In Tribe Tax Row

    A group of Michigan officials on Tuesday urged a federal court to compel discovery from the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in a suit over the state's tax authority, saying the community's witnesses were unprepared and unwilling to testify.

  10. August 20, 2018

    Tribe Opposes Discovery Order Appeal In Mich. Tax Row

    The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community on Monday urged a federal district court judge to deny Michigan officials' appeal of a magistrate judge's discovery order in a suit over the state's tax authority.