New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe
| New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe | |
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| Argued April 19, 1983 Decided June 13, 1983 | |
| Full case name | New Mexico, et al. v. Mescalero Apache Tribe |
| Citations | 462 U.S. 324 (more) 103 S. Ct. 2378; 76 L. Ed. 2d 611; 1983 U.S. LEXIS 57 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Mescalero Apache Tribe v. State of New Mexico, 630 F.2d 724 (10th Cir. 1980) |
| Holding | |
| The application of New Mexico's laws to on-reservation hunting and fishing by nonmembers of the Tribe is preempted by the operation of federal law. | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Marshall, joined by unanimous |
New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe, 462 U.S. 324 (1983), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the application of New Mexico's laws to on-reservation hunting and fishing by nonmembers of the Tribe is preempted by the operation of federal law.