And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Oklahoma Appeals Court strikes down HB 2208 http://www.okit.com/july/2208.htm By Jim Gray The controversial 1996 law hammered out between Governor Keating and the Five Civilized Tribes in the waning hours of the 1996 legislative session has been overturned in a State Appeals Court ruling last week. The law affects compacting tribes who receive compensation from the state for collecting fuel sales and state taxes at tribally owned retail stations. John Ryals from Shawnee Oklahoma, took the Oklahoma Tax Commission to court over the issue, lost in district court and was successful in the Appeals court. The complaint stems largely from his position that Oklahoma financial obligations over a long-term period are unconstitutional. The controversy surrounding the whole issue on state taxation on fuel sales on Indian lands were the subject of a Supreme Court case in 1995. In The Oklahoma Tax Commission vs. the Chickasaw Nation, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the tribes in one sense yet, was unclear to both parties on another issue.<<end excerpt Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
