C & L Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizen Band Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Oklahoma

Decided April 30, 2001. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 00-292 · 532 U.S. 411 (2001) · Cited 262 times

Holding

By the clear import of the arbitration clause, the Tribe is amenable to a state-court suit to enforce an arbitral award in favor of C L.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• United States v. Testan · 424 U.S. 392 (1976)
• Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez · 436 U.S. 49 (1978)
• Mastrobuono v. Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc. · 514 U.S. 52 (1995)
• Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Citizen Band of Potawatomi Tribe of Okla. · 498 U.S. 505 (1991)
• Kennecott Copper Corp. v. State Tax Commission · 327 U.S. 573 (1946)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community · 572 U.S. 782 (2014)
• Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin · 599 U.S. 382 (2023)

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