Warren Trading Post Co. v. Arizona Tax Commission et al.

Decided April 29, 1965. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 115 · 380 U.S. 685 (1965) · Cited 262 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · 331 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Williams v. Lee · 358 U.S. 217 (1959)
• Organized Village of Kake v. Egan · 369 U.S. 60 (1962)
• Surplus Trading Co. v. Cook · 281 U.S. 647 (1930)
• Thomas v. Gay · 169 U.S. 264 (1898)
• United States v. Forty-Three Gallons of Whiskey · 93 U.S. 188 (1876)

Cited by

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

• Central MacHinery Co. v. Arizona State Tax Commission · 448 U.S. 160 (1980)
• Rice v. Rehner · 463 U.S. 713 (1983)
• White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker · 448 U.S. 136 (1980)
• Department of Taxation and Finance of NY v. Milhelm Attea & Bros. · 512 U.S. 61 (1994)
• McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax Commission · 411 U.S. 164 (1973)
• Moe v. Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation · 425 U.S. 463 (1976)
• Cotton Petroleum Corp. v. New Mexico · 490 U.S. 163 (1989)
• Ramah Navajo School Bd., Inc. v. Bureau of Revenue of NM · 458 U.S. 832 (1982)
• Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation · 447 U.S. 134 (1980)
• New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe · 462 U.S. 324 (1983)
• Volt Info. Sciences, Inc. v. Bd. of Trustees of Leland Stanford Jr. U. · 489 U.S. 468 (1989)
• United States v. Wheeler · 435 U.S. 313 (1978)
• Mescalero Apache Tribe v. Jones · 411 U.S. 145 (1973)
• Bryan v. Itasca County · 426 U.S. 373 (1976)
• Oregon v. Mitchell · 400 U.S. 112 (1970)
• Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe · 435 U.S. 191 (1978)
• Board of Directors of Rotary International v. Rotary Club of Duarte · 481 U.S. 537 (1987)
• Japan Line, Ltd. v. County of Los Angeles · 441 U.S. 434 (1979)
• Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C. · 476 U.S. 877 (1986)
• Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta · 597 U.S. 629 (2022)
• Haaland v. Brackeen · 599 U.S. 255 (2023)

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