COTTON PETROLEUM CORP. et al. v. NEW MEXICO et al.

Citation

490 U.S. 163 (1988)

Decision : 6-3

Justices Participating

• Thurgood Marshall | dissent

• William Brennan | dissent

• Byron White | voted with majority or plurality

• Harry Blackmun | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• William Rehnquist | voted with majority or plurality

• John Stevens | voted with majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Sandra O’Connor | voted with majority or plurality

• Antonin Scalia | voted with majority or plurality

• Anthony Kennedy | voted with majority or plurality

Categories

• Canons of Construction
• Commerce Clause
• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Indian Reorganization Act
• Natural Resources
• Plenary Power
• States/Authority of states
• Taxes
• U.S. Constitution
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 455 U.S. 130 (1981), MERRION et al., DBA MERRION & BAYLESS, et al. v. JICARILLA APACHE TRIBE et al.
• 30 U.S. 1 (1831), THE CHEROKEE NATION VS. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 235 U.S. 292 (1914), CHOCTAW, OKLAHOMA & GULF RAILROAD COMPANY v. HARRISON, SHERIFF OF PITTSBURG COUNTY, OKLAHOM
• 380 U.S. 685 (1964), WARREN TRADING POST CO. v. ARIZONA TAX COMMISSION et al.
• 447 U.S. 134 (1979), WASHINGTON et al. v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION et al.
• 458 U.S. 832 (1981), RAMAH NAVAJO SCHOOL BOARD, INC., et al. v. BUREAU OF REVENUE OF NEW MEXICO
• 412 U.S. 481 (1972), MATTZ v. ARNETT, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME
• 358 U.S. 217 (1958), WILLIAMS et ux. v. LEE, DOING BUSINESS AS GANADO TRADING POST
• 411 U.S. 145 (1972), MESCALERO APACHE TRIBE v. JONES, COMMISSIONER, BUREAU OF REVENUE OF NEW MEXICO, et al.
• 471 U.S. 759 (1984), MONTANA et al. v. BLACKFEET TRIBE OF INDIANS
• 257 U.S. 501 (1921), GILLESPIE v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA
• 462 U.S. 324 (1982), NEW MEXICO et al. v. MESCALERO APACHE TRIBE
• 417 U.S. 535 (1973), MORTON, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. MANCARI et al.
• 480 U.S. 202 (1986), CALIFORNIA et al. v. CABAZON BAND OF MISSION INDIANS et al.
• 463 U.S. 713 (1982), RICE, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL OF CALIFORNIA v. REHNER
• 271 U.S. 609 (1925), JAYBIRD MINING COMPANY v. WEIR, COUNTY TREASURE
• 240 U.S. 522 (1915), INDIAN TERRITORY ILLUMINATING OIL COMPANY v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA
• 411 U.S. 164 (1972), MCCLANAHAN v. ARIZONA STATE TAX COMMISSION
• 448 U.S. 136 (1979), WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE et al. v. BRACKER et al.
• 336 U.S. 342 (1948), OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. TEXAS COMPANY
• 425 U.S. 463 (1975), MOE, SHERIFF, et al. v. CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION et al.
• 319 U.S. 598 (1942), OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. UNITED STATES
• 299 U.S. 159 (1936), BRITISH-AMERICAN OIL PRODUCING CO. v. BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF MONTANA et al.

Case Cited In

• 492 U.S. 408 (1988), PHILIP BRENDALE v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION et al.
• 512 U.S. 61 (1993), DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE OF NEW YORK, et al. v. MILHELM ATTEA & BROS., INC., ETC., et al.
• 517 U.S. 44 (1995), SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA v. FLORIDA et al.
• 523 U.S. 696 (1997), MONTANA, et al. v. CROW TRIBE OF INDIANS et al.
• 526 U.S. 32 (1998), ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE v. BLAZE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
• 533 U.S. 353 (2000), NEVADA, et al. v. FLOYD HICKS, et al.
• 537 U.S. 488 (2002), UNITED STATES v. NAVAJO NATION
• 541 U.S. 193 (2003), UNITED STATES v. BILLY JO LARA
• 546 U.S. 95 (2005), JOAN WAGNON, SECRETARY, KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE v. PRAIRIE BAND POTAWATOMI NATION
• 555 U.S. 379 (2008), DONALD L. CARCIERI, GOVERNOR OF RHODE ISLAND, et al. v. KEN L. SALAZAR, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al.
• 570 U.S. 637 (2012), ADOPTIVE COUPLE v. BABY GIRL
• 599 U.S. 255 (2022), HAALAND v. BRACKEEN
• 597 U.S. 629 (2021), OKLAHOMA v. CASTRO-HUERTA