Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community v. Yavapai County

50 F.3d 739 SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN COMMUNITY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. YAVAPAI COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Arizona; Clair D. Barnett, Assessor of Yavapai County; Richard A. Jacobs, Treasurer of Yavapai County; the members of the Board of Supervisors, Carlton Camp, Bill Feldmeier, and Gheral Brownlow; Paul Waddell, Director of the Arizona Department of Revenue; and the State of Arizona, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-16975. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 15, 1995. Decided March 21, 1995. Philip J. Shea, Shea & Wilks, Phoenix, AZ, for plaintiff-appellant. Patrick Irvine, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, AZ, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before: FLETCHER, PREGERSON, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 Plaintiff Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community ("Community") appeals from a summary judgment for the defendants Yavapai County and the State of Arizona. The Community argues that the district court erred by finding that Yavapai County could impose ad valorem real and personal property taxes on the property of the Phoenix Cement…