Legal Opinion
Dillon v. State of Mont.
District Court, D. Montana
Decided May 3, 1978No. Civ. 1188PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BATTIN, District Judge.
The plaintiffs are Indians purporting to represent various subclasses of Indians employed within the confines of Indian reservations in Montana. They brought this class action seeking a declaration that the State of Montana may not constitutionally impose its income tax on income earned by Indians on a federally recognized reservation. The complaint also seeks an injunction against collection of the tax and a refund of taxes allegedly illegally collected since 1968.
Defendants’ motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction was denied by order of the Court dated June…
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Dewitt Dillon, Cross-Appellants v. The State of Montana, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
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