WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING v. COUGAR DEN INC.

Citation

586 U.S. 347 (2018)

Decision : 5-4

Majority Opinion: Stephen Breyer

Justices Participating

• Brett Kavanaugh | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• Clarence Thomas | dissent

• Elena Kagan | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Roberts | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• Neil Gorsuch | concurrence , justice wrote an opinion

• Ruth Ginsburg | concurrence

• Samuel Alito | dissent

• Stephen Breyer | judgment of the Court , justice wrote an opinion

• Sonia Sotomayor | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Canons of Construction
• States/Authority of states
• Taxes
• Treaties

Cited Cases

• 315 U.S. 681 (1941), TULEE v. STATE OF WASHINGTON
• 443 U.S. 658 (1978), WASHINGTON et al. v. WASHINGTON STATE COMMERCIAL PASSENGER FISHING VESSEL ASSOCIATION et al.
• 411 U.S. 145 (1972), MESCALERO APACHE TRIBE v. JONES, COMMISSIONER, BUREAU OF REVENUE OF NEW MEXICO, et al.
• 198 U.S. 371 (1904), UNITED STATES v. WINANS
• 473 U.S. 753 (1984), OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE et al. v. KLAMATH INDIAN TRIBE
• 391 U.S. 392 (1967), PUYALLUP TRIBE v. DEPARTMENT OF GAME OF WASHINGTON et al.
• 249 U.S. 194 (1918), SEUFERT BROTHERS COMPANY v. UNITED STATES, AS TRUSTEE AND GUARDIAN OF THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIANS AND NATIONS, et al.
• 526 U.S. 172 (1998), MINNESOTA, et al. v. MILLE LACS BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS et al.