Mescalero Apache Tribe v. Jones
| Mescalero Apache Tribe v. Jones | |
|---|---|
| Argued December 12, 1972 Decided March 27, 1973 | |
| Full case name | Mescalero Apache Tribe v. Jones, Commissioner, Bureau of Revenue of New Mexico, et al. |
| Citations | 411 U.S. 145 (more) 93 S. Ct. 1267; 36 L. Ed. 2d 114; 1973 U.S. LEXIS 88 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Mescalero Apache Tribe v. Jones, 489 P.2d 666 (N. Mex. App. 1971). |
| Holding | |
| A state could tax tribal, off-reservation business activities but could not impose a tax on tribal land, which was exempt from all forms of property taxes. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | White, joined by Burger, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist |
| Dissent | Douglas, joined by Brennan, Stewart |
| Laws applied | |
| 25 U.S.C. § 461 et seq. | |
Mescalero Apache Tribe v. Jones, 411 U.S. 145 (1973), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a state could tax tribal, off-reservation business activities but could not impose a tax on tribal land, which was exempt from all forms of property taxes.