MOE v. SALISH & KOOTENAI TRIBES

No. 74-1656.

425 U.S. 463 (1976)

MOE, SHERIFF, ET AL. v. CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam E. Haddon, Special Assistant Attorney General of Montana, argued the cause for appellants in No. 74-1656 and appellees in No. 75-50. With him on the briefs were Robert L. Woodahl, Attorney General, and Jean A. Turnage, Special Assistant Attorney General.

Richard A. Baenen argued the cause and filed a brief for appellees in No. 74-1656 and appellants in No. 75-50.


MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

We are called upon in these appeals to resolve several questions arising out of a conflict between the asserted taxing power of the State of Montana and the immunity claimed by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (Tribe) and its members living on the tribal reservation. Convened as a three-judge court,1 the District Court for the District of Montana considered separate attacks...

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