LAC COURTE OREILLES BAND, LAKE SUPERIOR v. EVERS

No. 21-1817.

46 F.4th 552 (2022)

LAC COURTE OREILLES BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA INDIANS OF WISCONSIN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Tony EVERS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 15, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vanya S. Hogen , Leah Jurss , Peter Rademacher , Attorneys, Hogen Adams PLLC, St. Paul, MN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Thomas C. Bellavia , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellee Tony Evers.

Remzy D. Bitar , Samantha R. Schmid , Attorneys, Municipal Law & Litigation Group, S.C., Waukesha, WI, for Defendant-Appellee Town of Bass Lake, Wisconsin.

Gregory J. Harrold , Attorney, Harrold, Scrobell & Danner, Minocqua, WI, for Defendant-Appellee Town of Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin.

John R. Carlson , Attorney, Spears, Carlson & Coleman, Washburn, WI, for Defendant-Appellee Town of Russell, Wisconsin.

Frederick J. Schellgell , Attorney, Schellgell Law Office, Mercer, WI, for Defendant-Appellee Town of Sherman, Wisconsin.

Before Scudder, Kirsch, and Jackson-Akiwumi, Circuit Judges.


Before us is a challenging case involving the taxation of Indian land in Wisconsin. The State has assessed property taxes on lands within four Ojibwe Indian reservations, and the owners of those lands— members of the four Ojibwe Tribes that call those reservations home—would like not to pay them. These tribal...

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