Correctional Services Corporation v. John E. Malesko
Decided November 27, 2001. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 00-860 · 534 U.S. 61 (2001) · Cited 1,854 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 5–4.
Majority · 3
- William Hubbs Rehnquist · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- Sandra Day O'Connor
Concurring · 2
- Antonin Scalia · filed a concurring opinion
- Clarence Thomas
Dissenting · 4
- David Hackett Souter
- John Paul Stevens · filed a dissenting opinion
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Stephen Gerald Breyer
“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.
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · 403 U.S. 388 (1971)
- Federal Deposit Insurance v. Meyer · 510 U.S. 471 (1994)
- Carlson v. Green · 446 U.S. 14 (1980)
- Bush v. Lucas · 462 U.S. 367 (1983)
- Schweiker v. Chilicky · 487 U.S. 412 (1988)
- Davis v. Passman · 442 U.S. 228 (1979)
- J. I. Case Co. v. Borak · 377 U.S. 426 (1964)
- Alexander v. Sandoval · 532 U.S. 275 (2001)
- Farmer v. Brennan · 511 U.S. 825 (1994)
- Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
- Chappell v. Wallace · 462 U.S. 296 (1983)
- TXO Production Corp. v. Alliance Resources Corp. · 509 U.S. 443 (1993)
- United States v. Stanley · 483 U.S. 669 (1987)
- Richardson v. McKnight · 521 U.S. 399 (1997)
- Estelle v. Gamble · 429 U.S. 97 (1976)
- Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co. · 457 U.S. 922 (1982)
- Bell v. Hood · 327 U.S. 678 (1946)
- Butz v. Economou · 438 U.S. 478 (1978)
- Bolling v. Sharpe · 347 U.S. 497 (1954)
- Central Bank of Denver, N. A. v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, N. A. · 511 U.S. 164 (1994)
- McCarthy v. Madigan · 503 U.S. 140 (1992)
- Transamerica Mortgage Advisors, Inc. v. Lewis · 444 U.S. 11 (1979)
- Boyle v. United Technologies Corp. · 487 U.S. 500 (1988)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Ziglar v. Abbasi · 582 U.S. 120 (2017)
- Wilkie v. Robbins · 551 U.S. 537 (2007)
- Egbert v. Boule · 596 U.S. 482 (2022)
- Hernández v. Mesa · 589 U.S. 93 (2020)
- Ashcroft v. Iqbal · 556 U.S. 662 (2009)
- Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain · 542 U.S. 692 (2004)
- Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC · 584 U.S. 241 (2018)
- Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. · 552 U.S. 148 (2008)
- Liu v. SEC. & Exch. Comm'n · 591 U.S. 71 (2020)
- Hernandez v. Mesa · 582 U.S. 548 (2017)
- Hudson v. Michigan · 547 U.S. 586 (2006)
- Goldey v. Fields · 606 U.S. 942 (2025)
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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).