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· 6/13/1983

New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe

Citations

  • 462 U.S. 324
  • 103 S. Ct. 2378
  • 76 L. Ed. 2d 611
  • 1983 U.S. LEXIS 57
  • 51 U.S.L.W. 4741

How courts have described this case

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  • discussing special considerations governing preemption of state law by “federal and tribal interests”
  • “State jurisdiction over activities on Indian reservations is preempted by federal law only if it interferes or is incompatible with federal and tribal interests reflected in federal law.”

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Judges: Marshall

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