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White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker

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Advocates
Michael J. Brown (on behalf of Petitioner White Mountain Apache Tribe)
Ian A. Macpherson (on behalf of the Respondents)
Elinor Hadley Stillman (on behalf of the United States as amicus curiae)
Neil Vincent Wake (on behalf of Petitioner Pinetop Logging Company)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
78-1177
Petitioner: 
White Mountain Apache Tribe
Respondent: 
Bracker
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
448 U.S. 136 (1980)
Argued: 
Monday, January 14, 1980
Decided: 
Friday, June 27, 1980
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Indians, State Jurisdiction Over
Categories: 
tax, native americans

Cite this page
The Oyez Project, White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker , 448 U.S. 136 (1980)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1979/1979_78_1177)
(last visited Tuesday, October 27, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for White Mountain Apache Tribe, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision:

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Wrote the majority opinion
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Wrote a dissent
Stevens
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the minority, joined Stevens' dissent
Stewart
Wrote a regular concurrence
Powell
Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the minority, joined Stevens' dissent
Rehnquist

Full Opinion by Justice Thurgood Marshall