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August 28, 2015

Court upholds deal for tribal gas stations

SPOKANE (AP) — The state Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a lower court ruling in a long-running lawsuit by non-tribal gas station owners challenging gas tax compacts negotiated in the past decade between the state and Indian tribes.

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that non-Indian gas station owners failed to prove that state payments to the tribes, which total about $30 million a year, were not refunds for taxes paid on motor vehicle fuels.


 
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