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  1. May 09, 2018

    Tribe Can't Pause $27M Tax Suit Pending High Court Review

    An Oklahoma federal court declined on Wednesday to stay the Citizen Potawatomi Nation's $27 million alcohol sales tax arbitration suit against Oklahoma while the tribe seeks U.S. Supreme Court review of a Tenth Circuit order vacating an award in the tribe's favor.

  2. April 06, 2018

    Okla. Tribe To Seek High Court Review Of $27M Tax Ruling

    The Citizen Potawatomi Nation on Thursday asked a federal court to put a hold on its arbitration suit against Oklahoma until the tribe can ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Tenth Circuit order vacating an award that freed the tribe from paying $27 million in alcohol sales taxes.

  3. July 22, 2016

    Okla. Sends $27M Tribe Win In Alcohol Tax Suit To 10th Circ.

    The state of Oklahoma on Thursday appealed to the Tenth Circuit a decision by an Oklahoma federal judge handing Citizen Potawatomi Nation a victory in its fight with the state over the tribe's claim for $27 million in tax exemptions for alcohol sales.

  4. June 21, 2016

    Tribe Secures Win Over Okla. In $27M Alcohol-Tax Fight

    An Oklahoma federal judge on Tuesday upheld Citizen Potawatomie Nation's victory in a fight with the state over the tribe's claim for $27 million in tax exemptions, finding an arbitrator properly read an agreement between the parties as it applied to alcoholic sales taxes.

  5. June 01, 2016

    Okla. Wants Tribe's Arbitration Win In Alcohol-Tax Fight Nixed

    The state of Oklahoma urged a federal court Wednesday to vacate an arbitrator's award in a $27 million dispute with the Citizen Potawatomie Nation over alcohol tax payments, saying the arbitrator overstepped his authority when he ordered the state to stop threatening the tribe with enforcement actions under tax laws.

  6. May 24, 2016

    Tribe Defends Arbitral Award In $27M OK Alcohol-Tax Fight

    The Citizen Potawatomi Nation asked an Oklahoma federal court Monday to enforce its arbitration win in a tax dispute, saying the state cannot take enforcement actions in its bid to collect $27 million in taxes on alcohol sales to people outside the tribe.

  7. May 05, 2016

    Okla. Asks Judge To Toss Arbitrator's $27M Tax Ruling

    The state of Oklahoma hit back against the Citizen Potawatomi Nation in an alcohol tax dispute on Wednesday, telling a federal judge that the arbitrator who said the tribe didn't have to pay taxes on drinks served to nontribal citizens at its casinos overstepped his authority and issued a bad ruling.

  8. April 15, 2016

    Okla. Tax Battle Ratchets Up Tension Between Tribes, State

    The Citizen Potawatomi Nation's recent arbitration win in its tax dispute with the state of Oklahoma gives it a leg up as the battle shifts to the courts, but the confrontation could serve to increase friction in the already strained relationship between Oklahoma tribes and a state strapped for cash by tax cuts and plunging oil prices.

  9. April 14, 2016

    Tribe Asks Judge To Back Arbitral Finding On Okla. Sales Tax

    An Oklahoma tribe that recently prevailed in arbitration over the state's demand that it pay $27 million in state taxes on drinks served to nontribal members at its casinos asked a federal judge on Wednesday to block the state from restricting its ability to sell alcohol.

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