Legal Opinion
Crow Tribe of Indians v. Montana
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 11, 1987No. Nos. 86-3842, 86-3845PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
This case, which comes before us a second time, presents two primary issues: (1) does federal action preempt the application of Montana’s coal taxes to coal mined on Indian tribal property; and (2) do these taxes infringe unlawfully on the Crow Indians’ tribal sovereignty? We answer both questions in the affirmative and reverse the judgment of the district court.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
This is an appeal by the Crow Tribe, with the United States intervening on behalf of the Tribe, from a district court judgment upholding the application of Montana taxes on coal…
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