Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1982-01-25

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*133 Justice Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court. Pursuant to long-term leases with the Jicarilla Apache Tribe, petitioners, 21 lessees, extract and produce oil and gas from the Tribe’s reservation lands. In these two consolidated cases, petitioners challenge an ordinance enacted by the Tribe imposing a severance tax on “any oil and natural gas s…

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