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Legal Citation: 448 U.S. 136 (1980)

Petitioner
White Mountain Apache Tribe

Respondent
State of Arizona

Petitioner's Claim
That the state of Arizona could not impose taxes on a non-Indian logging company doing business with the White Mountain Apache Tribe on Fort Apache Reservation.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Neil Vincent Wake, Michael J. Brown

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Ian A. Macpherson

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Warren E. Burger, Thurgood Marshall (writing for the Court), Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens, Potter Stewart

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
27 June 1980

Decision
That the state taxes failed the federal preemption test regulating...