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20-1388 Alice Perkins, et vir v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Second Circuit 2021-04-06 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 1842-treaty canandaigua-treaty federal-income-tax federal-tax-law income-taxation internal-revenue-code native-american-rights seneca-nation treaty-interpretation treaty-obligations This Court is presented with a question of first impression, as to the taxability of income derived from the sale of sand and gravel, mined from treat…
18-297 Eric White, et al. v. Barbara D. Underwood, Attorney General of New York, et al. New York 2018-09-07 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived canons-of-construction federal-indian-law indian-law indian-rights indian-treaty-rights native-american-rights new-york-indians seneca-nation sovereign-immunity state-taxation statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent tax-assessment treaty-interpretation tribal-sovereignty The decision below ruled that New York's promise to the Seneca Nation of Indians to refrain from assessing taxes "for any purpose whatever, upon any I…