August 16, 2022
The Seventh Circuit has reversed a Wisconsin federal judge's ruling allowing the state to tax lands of four Chippewa tribes that have been reacquired by tribe members, saying the tribes retain a treaty-based right not to pay taxes on those lands and the state didn't overcome the "sanctity" of tribal tax immunity under U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
July 22, 2022
Wisconsin has sought to bolster its argument for taxing certain land on Native reservations, telling the Seventh Circuit that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision extending state criminal jurisdiction to tribal land also expands its authority over civil matters in those places.
November 08, 2021
Four Chippewa tribes argued to a Seventh Circuit panel on Monday that their reservation lands can't be taxed by the state of Wisconsin even if it's been previously sold to non-Indians, absent explicit authorization from the federal government.
September 27, 2021
Four Chippewa tribes asserted to the Seventh Circuit that a federal judge incorrectly interpreted a treaty and common law in finding that reservation lands can be subject to property taxes by Wisconsin once the land is sold to non-Indians.
July 12, 2021
Four Chippewa tribes have urged the Seventh Circuit to overturn a decision that their reservation lands can be taxed by Wisconsin once they're sold to non-Indians, arguing that their treaty's guarantee of a permanent homeland means those lands can't be taxed unless Congress clearly says so.