County of Yakima v. Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1992-01-14

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Justice Blackmun, concurring in part and dissenting in part. I have wandered the maze of Indian statutes and case law tracing back 100 years. Unlike the Court, however, I am unable to find an “unmistakably clear” intent of Congress to allow the States to tax Indian-owned fee-patented lands. Accordingly, while I concur with the majority’s conclusion that Yakima County may not im…

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