Montana v. Blackfeet Tribe of Indians

Montana v. Blackfeet Tribe of Indians
Montana v. Blackfeet Tribe of Indians
	Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 3, 1985
Full case name	Montana v. Blackfeet Tribe of Indians
Citations	471 U.S. 759 ( more )
Holding
	States cannot tax tribes without express Congressional approval.
Court membership
	Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White ; Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun ; Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist ; John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinions
Majority	Powell
Dissent	White, joined by Rehnquist, Stevens
Laws applied
	Indian Mineral Leasing Act

Last updated March 11, 2025

Montana v. Blackfeet Tribe of Indians, 471 U.S. 759 (1985), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that States cannot tax tribes without express Congressional approval.^[1]^[2] The canons of construction for interpreting treaties between the United States and tribes apply to the interpretation of federal statutes.^[2]

References

↑ Montana v. Blackfeet Tribe of Indians, 471 U.S. 759 (1985)
1 2 Williams, Joel West, ed. (2022). "Montana v. Blackfeet Tribe of Indians". Landmark Indian Law Cases, Second Edition. p. 559.

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[case-1] Montana v. Blackfeet Tribe of Indians, 471 U.S. 759 (1985)

[Williams2022-2] 1 2 Williams, Joel West, ed. (2022). "Montana v. Blackfeet Tribe of Indians". Landmark Indian Law Cases, Second Edition. p. 559.

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