Legal Opinion
Rice v. Rehner
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided July 1, 1983No. 82-401PublishedCited by 211 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
The question presented by this case is whether the State of California may require a federally licensed Indian trader, who operates a general store on an Indian reservation, to obtain a state liquor license in order to sell liquor for off-premises consumption. Because we find that Congress has delegated authority to the States as well as to the Indian tribes to regulate the use and distribution of alcoholic beverages in Indian country,1 we reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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The respondent Rehner is a federally licensed Indian trader2 who operates a general…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Morton v. MancariSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. WheelerSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Worcester v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- United States v. MazurieSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Williams v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by211 opinions
- National Farmers Union Insurance v. Crow Tribe of IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Citizen Band of Potawatomi Tribe of Okla.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- California v. Cabazon Band of Mission IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Cotton Petroleum Corp. v. New MexicoSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
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