Ramah Navajo School Board, Inc., et al. v. Bureau of Revenue of New Mexico

Decided July 2, 1982. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 80-2162 · 458 U.S. 832 (1982) · Cited 179 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

• White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker · 448 U.S. 136 (1980)
• United States v. New Mexico · 455 U.S. 720 (1982)
• Williams v. Lee · 358 U.S. 217 (1959)
• Moe v. Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation · 425 U.S. 463 (1976)
• Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation · 447 U.S. 134 (1980)
• Warren Trading Post Co. v. Arizona Tax Commission · 380 U.S. 685 (1965)
• McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax Commission · 411 U.S. 164 (1973)
• Central MacHinery Co. v. Arizona State Tax Commission · 448 U.S. 160 (1980)
• Hines v. Davidowitz · 312 U.S. 52 (1941)
• Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill · 437 U.S. 153 (1978)
• United States v. Wheeler · 435 U.S. 313 (1978)
• Mescalero Apache Tribe v. Jones · 411 U.S. 145 (1973)
• Kennerly v. District Court of the Ninth Judicial District of Montana · 400 U.S. 423 (1971)
• Michelin Tire Corp. v. Wages · 423 U.S. 276 (1976)
• United States v. County of Fresno · 429 U.S. 452 (1977)
• New York v. United States · 326 U.S. 572 (1946)

Cited by

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

• Cotton Petroleum Corp. v. New Mexico · 490 U.S. 163 (1989)
• New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe · 462 U.S. 324 (1983)
• Rice v. Rehner · 463 U.S. 713 (1983)
• Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C. · 467 U.S. 138 (1984)
• Arizona v. San Carlos Apache Tribe of Ariz. · 463 U.S. 545 (1983)
• Shell Oil Co. v. Iowa Department of Revenue · 488 U.S. 19 (1988)

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