Chickasaw Nation v. United States

Decided November 27, 2001. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 00-507 · 534 U.S. 84 (2001) · Cited 405 times

Holding

Section 2719(d)(1) does not exempt tribes from paying the gambling-related taxes that chapter 35 imposes.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• Squire v. Capoeman · 351 U.S. 1 (1956)
• Mescalero Apache Tribe v. Jones · 411 U.S. 145 (1973)
• Montana v. Blackfeet Tribe of Indians · 471 U.S. 759 (1985)
• McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax Commission · 411 U.S. 164 (1973)
• Choate v. Trapp · 224 U.S. 665 (1912)
• Choteau v. Burnet · 283 U.S. 691 (1931)
• Superintendent of Five Civilized Tribes v. Commissioner · 295 U.S. 418 (1935)
• Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams · 532 U.S. 105 (2001)
• United States Trust Co. v. Helvering · 307 U.S. 57 (1939)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca · 480 U.S. 421 (1987)
• Crawford Fitting Co. v. J. T. Gibbons, Inc. · 482 U.S. 437 (1987)
• United States National Bank v. Independent Insurance Agents of America, Inc. · 508 U.S. 439 (1993)
• United States v. Menasche · 348 U.S. 528 (1955)
• Heintz v. Jenkins · 514 U.S. 291 (1995)
• Nachman Corp. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation · 446 U.S. 359 (1980)
• Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter, Communities for Great Ore. · 515 U.S. 687 (1995)
• Countyof Oneida v. Oneida Indian Nation of NY · 470 U.S. 226 (1985)
• Montclair v. Ramsdell · 107 U.S. 147 (1883)
• Gulf Oil Corp. v. Copp Paving Co. · 419 U.S. 186 (1974)
• County of Yakima v. Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation · 502 U.S. 251 (1992)
• New York Telephone Co. v. New York State Department of Labor · 440 U.S. 519 (1979)
• Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians · 526 U.S. 172 (1999)
• South Carolina v. Catawba Indian Tribe, Inc. · 476 U.S. 498 (1986)
• The Cherokee Tobacco · 78 U.S. 616 (1871)
• United States v. Wells Fargo Bank · 485 U.S. 351 (1988)

Cited by

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

• Lamie v. United States Trustee · 540 U.S. 526 (2004)
• Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc. · 547 U.S. 9 (2006)
• Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of Chehalis Reservation · 594 U.S. 338 (2021)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2001). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).