OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. CHICKASAW NATION

Citation

515 U.S. 450 (1994)

Decision : 5-4

Majority Opinion: Ruth Ginsburg

Justices Participating

• Anthony Kennedy | voted with the majority or plurality

• Antonin Scalia | voted with the majority or plurality

• Clarence Thomas | voted with the majority or plurality

• David Souter | dissent

• John Stevens | dissent

• Ruth Ginsburg | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Sandra O’Connor | dissent

• Stephen Breyer | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• William Rehnquist | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Canons of Construction
• Indian Country
• International law
• Plenary Power
• States/Authority of states
• Taxes
• Treaties
• U.S. Constitution

Cited Cases

• 512 U.S. 61 (1993), DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE OF NEW YORK, et al. v. MILHELM ATTEA & BROS., INC., ETC., et al.
• 502 U.S. 251 (1991), COUNTY OF YAKIMA, et al. v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION
• 480 U.S. 202 (1986), CALIFORNIA et al. v. CABAZON BAND OF MISSION INDIANS et al.
• 471 U.S. 759 (1984), MONTANA et al. v. BLACKFEET TRIBE OF INDIANS
• 448 U.S. 136 (1979), WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE et al. v. BRACKER et al.
• 498 U.S. 505 (1990), OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. CITIZEN BAND POTAWATOMI INDIAN TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA
• 411 U.S. 164 (1972), MCCLANAHAN v. ARIZONA STATE TAX COMMISSION
• 351 U.S. 1 (1955), SQUIRE, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. CAPOEMAN ET UX.
• 411 U.S. 145 (1972), MESCALERO APACHE TRIBE v. JONES, COMMISSIONER, BUREAU OF REVENUE OF NEW MEXICO, et al.
• 426 U.S. 373 (1975), BRYAN v. ITASCA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
• 425 U.S. 463 (1975), MOE, SHERIFF, et al. v. CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION et al.
• 470 U.S. 226 (1984), COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al. v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK STATE et al.
• 508 U.S. 114 (1992), OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. SAC AND FOX NATION
• 447 U.S. 134 (1979), WASHINGTON et al. v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION et al.

Case Cited In

• 526 U.S. 32 (1998), ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE v. BLAZE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
• 538 U.S. 701 (2002), INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, et al. v. PAIUTE-SHOSHONE INDIANS OF THE BISHOP COMMUNITY OF THE BISHOP COLONY et al.
• 546 U.S. 95 (2005), JOAN WAGNON, SECRETARY, KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE v. PRAIRIE BAND POTAWATOMI NATION