By Jim Steckler | The Daily News
Mohave County will not have to refund nearly a half million dollars in tax payments to about three dozen Golden Shores property owners.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Dean Fink ruled May 19 in Arizona Tax Court that a state law passed in April 2012 to order the refunds was unconstitutional.
District 2 Sup. Hildy Angius of Bullhead City said the decision was a huge win for Mohave County and its taxpayers.
U.S. v. Aria was a federal lawsuit started in August 1994 against the property owners on behalf of the Fort Mojave Indian tribe, which asserted jurisdiction. After the property owners won the lawsuit in 2009, Mohave County requested back taxes from 1994 to 2009.