Joan Wagnon, Secretary, Kansas Department of Revenue v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
Decided December 6, 2005. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 04-631 · 546 U.S. 95 (2005)
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 7
- Clarence Thomas · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Antonin Scalia
- David Hackett Souter
- John Glover Roberts Jr.
- John Paul Stevens
- Sandra Day O'Connor
- Stephen Gerald Breyer
Dissenting · 2
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg · filed a dissenting opinion
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