Supreme Court turns down Indian Country taxation case as high-profile session continues

WASHINGTON, D.C. - With about a month left in an already unusual session, the nation's highest court has passed up a chance to address a long-standing issue affecting economic sovereignty in Indian Country.

In an order on Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the petition in Albrecht v. Albrecht. The action, which came without explanation, lets stand a ruling from California that allows state and local governments to impose taxes on non-Indians who do business on Indian trust lands.

The dispute affects about 500 individuals, organizations and business entities in Riverside County, home to more than a dozen tribes in the southern part of the state. The non-Indian interests had challenged taxes imposed on trust lands they lease, primarily from citizens of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.

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