Oklahoma City Oklahoma (AP)
A federal appeals court in Denver has agreed to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation against the Oklahoma Tax Commission over cigarettes seized by the state.
A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued...
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07-14-2010, 05:30 PM -
Tulsa, Oklahoma (AP)
More than a dozen Creek Nation smoke shop owners and tribal officials are being sued by the Oklahoma Tax Commission.
The lawsuit filed by Attorney General Drew Edmondson accuses them of conspiring to violate state and federal laws on the sale of cigarettes...02-10-2009, 03:28 PM -
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (AP)
The state Supreme Court has dismissed an injunction had barred state collection of cigarette taxes from tobacco stores licensed by the Osage Nation.
Justices ruled that a lower court didn’t have jurisdiction to stop the Oklahoma Tax Commission...10-22-2009, 01:54 PM -
By Randy Ellis
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (AP)
Oklahoma tribes paid $118.2 million in gaming fees to the state, helping to ease budget cuts at some state agencies, state records show.
Oklahoma received $33.3 million from the Chickasaw Nation; $22.7 million from the...08-24-2010, 02:22 PM -
By Murray Evans
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (AP)
A federal appeals court won’t rehear a lawsuit brought by the Osage Nation in its attempt to exempt its members who live and work in Osage County from state income taxes.
In a three-sentence ruling issued during May,...06-01-2010, 02:39 PM