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New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe

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Advocates
Louis F. Claiborne (as amicus curiae)
George E. Fettinger (on behalf of the Respondent)
Thomas L. Dunigan (on behalf of the Petitioners)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
82-331
Petitioner: 
New Mexico
Respondent: 
Mescalero Apache Tribe
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
462 U.S. 324 (1983)
Argued: 
Tuesday, April 19, 1983
Decided: 
Monday, June 13, 1983
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Indians, State Jurisdiction Over

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The Oyez Project, New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe , 462 U.S. 324 (1983)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1982/1982_82_331)
(last visited Sunday, November 29, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Mescalero Apache Tribe, 0 vote(s) against
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Full Opinion by Justice Thurgood Marshall