Legal Opinion
Montana v. Crow Tribe of Indians
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 18, 1998No. 96-1829PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
This case originated in 1978 when the Crow Tribe sought to enjoin the State of Montana and its counties from taxing coal extracted from mines held by the United States in trust for the Tribe. Having succeeded in that endeavor, the Tribe and the United States now seek to recover coal-related taxes once paid to the State and counties by Westmoreland Resources, Inc., a nontribal enterprise that mined coal under a lease from the Tribe. We hold that the restitution sought for the Tribe is not warranted.
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