Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe

Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe
Argued March 30, 1981
Reargued November 4, 1981
Decided January 25, 1982
Full case nameMerrion et al., DBA Merrion & Bayless, et al. v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe et al.
Citations455 U.S. 130 (more)
102 S. Ct. 894; 71 L. Ed. 2d 21; 1982 U.S. LEXIS 25; 72 Oil & Gas Rep. 617
Case history
PriorMerrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe, 617 F.2d 537 (10th Cir. 1980).; Merrion and Bayless, et al. v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe, et al., No. 77-292P and No. 77-343P, (D. N.Mex., 1979) (not reported)
Holding
Held that an Indian tribe has the authority to impose taxes on non-Indians that are conducting business on the reservation as an inherent power under their tribal sovereignty.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinions
MajorityMarshall, joined by Brennan, White, Blackmun, Powell, O'Connor
DissentStevens, joined by Burger, Rehnquist
Laws applied
U.S. Const. Art I, §8; 25 U.S.C. § 398a, et seq.

Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe, 455 U.S. 130 (1982), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States holding that an Indian tribe has the authority to impose taxes on non-Indians that are conducting business on the reservation as an inherent power under their tribal sovereignty.[1][2]

  1. ^ Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe, 455 U.S. 130 (1982). Public domain This article incorporates public domain material from this U.S government document.
  2. ^ Nordhaus, Robert, Hall, G. Emlen and Rudio, Anne Alise (2003), Revisiting Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe: Robert Nordhaus and Sovereign Indian Control over Natural Resources on Reservations, 43 Nat. Resources J. 223

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