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Moe v. Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes

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Moe v. Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes
Decided April 27, 1976
Full case nameMoe v. Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes
Citations425 U.S. 463 (more)
Holding
State tax on personal property owned by tribe members inside reservations and state sales tax on trade between two tribe members were preempted by the General Allotment Act. Charging non-members sales tax on commerce with tribe members was constitutional.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Thurgood Marshall
Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr.
William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinion
MajorityRehnquist, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
General Allotment Act

Moe v. Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes, 425 U.S. 463 (1976), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a state tax on personal property owned by tribe members inside reservations and a state sales tax on trade between two tribe members were preempted by the General Allotment Act. Charging non-members sales tax on commerce with tribe members was constitutional, and the state could require the tribe member to collect that tax.[1][2] The court also said that treating Natives differently in this context would constitute racial discrimination in violation of the Fifth Amendment.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Moe v. Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes, 425 U.S. 463 (1976)
  2. ^ a b Williams, Joel West, ed. (2022). "Moe v. Salish & Kootenai Tribes". Landmark Indian Law Cases, Second Edition. p. 261.
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  • Text of Moe v. Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes, 425 U.S. 463 (1976) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia