Legal Opinion
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation v. Richards
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 11, 2004No. 03-3218PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKAY, Circuit Judge.
This case addresses whether federal law prohibits Kansas from collecting its state tax on fuel supplied to an Indian tribe by a non-Indian distributor. Prairie Band Po-tawatomi Nation (the “Nation”) sought to invalidate the fuel tax on grounds that it is preempted by federal law and that it infringes on the Nation’s rights of self-government. The district court granted summary judgment for the Secretary of the Kansas Department of Revenue (the “Secretary”), and the Nation brought this appeal.
Facts
The following facts are undisputed. The Nation is a federally-recognized…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache TribeSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by10 opinions
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