THOMAS, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we must decide whether a detachment action was a legitimate exercise of local government powers, or an unconstitutional attempt to tax the United States. We conclude that the attempted detachment was an attempt to levy a tax on the United States, and therefore violated the Supremacy Clause. Accordingly, we affirm the district court.
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