July 11, 2016
The Eleventh Circuit on Monday upheld a preliminary injunction preventing an Alabama county official from levying taxes on land held in trust by the federal government for the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, saying a controversial U.S. Supreme Court ruling didn't deprive the courts of jurisdiction over the case.
February 17, 2016
The federal government asked the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday to allow it to speak in support of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians in their suit over whether taxes can be assessed on the tribe's casino property, saying an Alabama official is attempting to challenge the secretary of the interior's authority to take the tribe's land into trust.
November 17, 2015
An Alabama tax assessor on Monday rebutted claims that he's likely to lose his fight with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians over whether taxes can be assessed on the tribe's casino property, telling the Eleventh Circuit that federal law concerning the taxability of tribal trust land is on his side.
October 28, 2015
The federal government threw its weight behind the Poarch Band of Creek Indians on Wednesday in a property tax fight with an Alabama tax assessor, arguing the tribe's casino property is exempt from state taxes and urging the Eleventh Circuit to uphold an injunction.
October 22, 2015
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians urged the Eleventh Circuit Wednesday not to nix a court order barring an Alabama county from assessing property taxes on tribal trust lands where its casino is situated, saying it's likely to prevail in the litigation because the assessor's challenge is time-barred.