OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. CITIZEN BAND POTAWATOMI INDIAN TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA (1991)

OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. CITIZEN BAND POTAWATOMI INDIAN TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA
	Term: 1990
Important Dates
	Argued: January 7, 1991
	Decided: February 26, 1991
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Byron White
Concurring
	John Paul Stevens

OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. CITIZEN BAND POTAWATOMI INDIAN TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1991. The case was argued before the court on January 7, 1991.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oklahoma Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians, state jurisdiction over
Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: Oklahoma
Respondent type: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 498 U.S. 505
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rehnquist

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.