Legal Opinion

Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Hardin

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided September 11, 2000No. 99-55251PublishedCited by 79 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:

The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and the Agua Caliente Tribal Corporation (collectively “the Tribe”) seek a declaratory judgment that federal law precludes imposition of the State of California’s sales and use tax on purchases of food and beverages by non-tribal members at a tribal resort on reservation land. The district court determined that the Eleventh Amendment barred the Tribe’s claims and dismissed the action for lack of jurisdiction. Citing the Supreme Court’s recent treatment of the Ex Parte Young doctrine in Idaho v. Coeur d’Alene Tribe of Idaho, 521…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  3. Seminole Tribe of Florida v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  4. Hans v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  5. Green v. MansourSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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3Cited by79 opinions

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