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Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Chickasaw Nation

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Advocates
Paul A. Engelmayer (on behalf of the United States, as amicus curiae, supporting the Respondent)
Charles A. Rothfeld (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Dennis W. Arrow (on behalf of the Respondent)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
94-771
Petitioner: 
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Respondent: 
Chickasaw Nation
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1994-2005)
Opinion: 
515 U.S. 450 (1995)
Argued: 
Monday, April 24, 1995
Decided: 
Wednesday, June 14, 1995
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Indians, State Jurisdiction Over

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The Oyez Project, Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Chickasaw Nation , 515 U.S. 450 (1995)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1994/1994_94_771)
(last visited Sunday, November 22, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Oklahoma Tax Commission, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 7 Stat. 333

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Voted with the minority, joined Breyer's dissent
Stevens
Voted with the minority, joined Breyer's dissent
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Scalia
Voted with the majority
Kennedy
Voted with the minority, joined Breyer's dissent
Souter
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Thomas
Wrote the majority opinion
Ginsburg
Wrote a dissent
Breyer

Full Opinion by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Rehnquist
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O'Connor
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Scalia
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Kennedy
Voted with the majority, joined Breyer's concurrence
Souter
Voted with the majority
Thomas
Wrote the majority opinion
Ginsburg
Wrote a regular concurrence
Breyer