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· 9/25/2023

Attorney Grievance Comm'n v. Paul

How courts have described this case

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  • applying doctrine where state taxed sale of farm machinery to Indian tribe
  • existence of Indian trader statutes “preempts the field of transactions with Indians occurring on reservations.”
  • “by enacting [the Indian trader] statutes Congress ‘has undertaken to regulate reservation trading in ... a comprehensive way’ ”
  • for purpose of tribal tax immunity, distinction between tribe and tribal entity is irrelevant
  • “Until Congress repeals or amends the Indian ... statutes ... we must give them ‘a sweep as broad as their language’ and interpret them in light of the Congress that enacted them.” (Indian trader statutes)
  • “Until Congress repeals or amends the Indian ... statutes ... we must give them ‘a sweep as broad as their language’ and interpret them in light of the Congress that enacted them.” (Indian trader statutes)

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