Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas

Decided June 15, 2022. Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 20-493 · 596 U.S. 685 (2022) · Cited 53 times

Holding

The federal legislation at issue—the Ysleta del Sur and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act—bans as a matter of federal law on tribal lands only those gaming activities also banned in Texas.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians · 480 U.S. 202 (1987)
• Rice v. Olson · 324 U.S. 786 (1945)
• Bryan v. Itasca County · 426 U.S. 373 (1976)
• Gustafson v. Alloyd Co. · 513 U.S. 561 (1995)
• Corley v. United States · 556 U.S. 303 (2009)
• Ryan v. Valencia Gonzales · 568 U.S. 57 (2013)
• District of Columbia v. Heller · 554 U.S. 570 (2008)
• Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez · 436 U.S. 49 (1978)
• Williams v. Taylor · 529 U.S. 420 (2000)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Citizen Band of Potawatomi Tribe of Okla. · 498 U.S. 505 (1991)
• Gozlon-Peretz v. United States · 498 U.S. 395 (1991)
• Montana v. Blackfeet Tribe of Indians · 471 U.S. 759 (1985)
• United States v. Lara · 541 U.S. 193 (2004)
• State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Rigsby · 580 U.S. 26 (2016)

Cited by

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

• Feliciano v. Department Of Transportation · 605 U.S. 38 (2025)
• Delligatti v. United States · 604 U.S. 423 (2025)
• Martin v. United States · 605 U.S. 395 (2025)

Official text

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