Wagnon v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Indians

Wagnon v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Indians
Argued October 3, 2005
Decided December 6, 2005
Full case nameWagnon v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Indians
Citations546 U.S. 95 (more)
126 S. Ct. 676; 163 L. Ed. 2d 429; 2005 U.S. LEXIS 9229
ArgumentOral argument
Case history
Prior379 F.3d 979 (10th Cir. 2004)
Holding
Held that a state's non-discriminatory fuel tax imposed on off-reservation distributors does not pose an affront to a tribe's sovereignty.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
MajorityThomas, joined by Roberts, Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, Souter, Breyer
DissentGinsburg, joined by Kennedy

Wagnon v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Indians, 546 U.S. 95 (2005), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a state's non-discriminatory fuel tax imposed on off-reservation distributors does not pose an affront to a tribe's sovereignty.