United States of America v. State Tax Commission of the State of Mississippi

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

(Opinion Dec. 13, 1974, 5 Cir. 1974, 505 F.2d 633)

Before COLEMAN, CLARK and RO-NEY, Circuit Judges. COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

Our original opinion in this case is reported, 505 F.2d 633 (5 Cir. 1974).

Since the rendition of that opinion, the Supreme Court of Mississippi, in the context of a criminal case, has had occasion to pass on the issue of whether the State has been deprived of jurisdiction over criminal offenses committed by Indians on the Choctaw Indian Reservation. In an exhaustive, scholarly opinion, it was held that Mississippi retains such jurisdiction, Tubby…