Moe, Sheriff, et al. v. Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation et al.

Decided April 27, 1976. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 74-1656 · 425 U.S. 463 (1976) · Cited 703 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax Commission · 411 U.S. 164 (1973)
• Heckman v. United States · 224 U.S. 413 (1912)
• Mescalero Apache Tribe v. Jones · 411 U.S. 145 (1973)
• Department of Employment v. United States · 385 U.S. 355 (1966)
• Morton v. Mancari · 417 U.S. 535 (1974)
• Warren Trading Post Co. v. Arizona Tax Commission · 380 U.S. 685 (1965)
• United States v. Rickert · 188 U.S. 432 (1903)
• Seymour v. Superintendent of Washington State Penitentiary · 368 U.S. 351 (1962)
• Younger v. Harris · 401 U.S. 37 (1971)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• United States v. Mazurie · 419 U.S. 544 (1975)
• Williams v. Lee · 358 U.S. 217 (1959)
• Zahn v. International Paper Co. · 414 U.S. 291 (1973)
• In Re Debs · 158 U.S. 564 (1895)
• Lynch v. Household Finance Corp. · 405 U.S. 538 (1972)
• Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. Huffman · 319 U.S. 293 (1943)
• California Bankers Assn. v. Shultz · 416 U.S. 21 (1974)
• Matthews v. Rodgers · 284 U.S. 521 (1932)
• Swift & Co. v. Wickham · 382 U.S. 111 (1965)
• Goosby v. Osser · 409 U.S. 512 (1973)
• Mattz v. Arnett · 412 U.S. 481 (1973)
• United States v. San Jacinto Tin Co. · 125 U.S. 273 (1888)
• Thomas v. Gay · 169 U.S. 264 (1898)
• Kennerly v. District Court of the Ninth Judicial District of Montana · 400 U.S. 423 (1971)
• United States v. McGowan · 302 U.S. 535 (1938)
• Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Texas Co. · 336 U.S. 342 (1949)

Cited by

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

• Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation · 447 U.S. 134 (1980)
• County of Yakima v. Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation · 502 U.S. 251 (1992)
• Blatchford v. Native Village of Noatak · 501 U.S. 775 (1991)
• Department of Taxation and Finance of NY v. Milhelm Attea & Bros. · 512 U.S. 61 (1994)
• Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Sac & Fox Nation · 508 U.S. 114 (1993)
• Rice v. Rehner · 463 U.S. 713 (1983)
• Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Citizen Band of Potawatomi Tribe of Okla. · 498 U.S. 505 (1991)
• Arkansas v. Farm Credit Services of Central Arkansas · 520 U.S. 821 (1997)
• Bryan v. Itasca County · 426 U.S. 373 (1976)
• Rosewell v. LaSalle National Bank · 450 U.S. 503 (1981)
• New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe · 462 U.S. 324 (1983)
• BRENDALE v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION Et Al. · 492 U.S. 408 (1989)
• White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker · 448 U.S. 136 (1980)
• Washington v. Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation · 439 U.S. 463 (1979)
• Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Chickasaw Nation · 515 U.S. 450 (1995)
• Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. · 514 U.S. 122 (1995)
• Ramah Navajo School Bd., Inc. v. Bureau of Revenue of NM · 458 U.S. 832 (1982)
• California State Board of Equalization v. Chemehuevi Indian Tribe · 474 U.S. 9 (1985)
• Central MacHinery Co. v. Arizona State Tax Commission · 448 U.S. 160 (1980)
• Arizona v. Navajo Nation · 599 U.S. 555 (2023)
• Montana v. Blackfeet Tribe of Indians · 471 U.S. 759 (1985)
• Cotton Petroleum Corp. v. New Mexico · 490 U.S. 163 (1989)
• Upper Skagit Tribe v. Lundgren · 584 U.S. 554 (2018)
• California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians · 480 U.S. 202 (1987)
• Countyof Oneida v. Oneida Indian Nation of NY · 470 U.S. 226 (1985)
• Duro v. Reina · 495 U.S. 676 (1990)
• Tully v. Griffin, Inc. · 429 U.S. 68 (1976)
• Rice v. Cayetano · 528 U.S. 495 (2000)
• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Alcan Aluminium Ltd. · 493 U.S. 331 (1990)
• Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta · 597 U.S. 629 (2022)

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