Legal Opinion
Mescalero Apache Tribe v. Jones
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 27, 1973No. 71-738PublishedCited by 687 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
The Mescalero Apache Tribe operates a ski resort in the State of New Mexico, on land located outside the boundaries of the Tribe’s reservation. The State has asserted the right to impose a tax on the gross receipts of the ski resort and a use tax on certain personalty purchased out of State and used in connection with the resort. Whether paramount federal law permits these-taxes to be levied is the issue presented by this case.
The home of the Mescalero Apache Tribe is on reservation lands in Lincoln and Otero Counties in New Mexico. The Sierra Blanca Ski Enterprises, owned and operated by the…
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