Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community

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Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case that addressed the scope of tribal sovereign immunity in the context of a Native American tribe’s off-reservation commercial gaming activities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
federal Indian law case ⓘ
legal case ⓘ
tribal sovereign immunity case ⓘ
affirms decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ
concerns off-reservation casino in Vanderbilt, Michigan ⓘ
hasAreaOfLaw federal Indian law ⓘ
gaming law ⓘ
sovereign immunity ⓘ
hasArguedDate 2013-12-02 ⓘ
hasCitation 134 S. Ct. 2024 ⓘ
188 L. Ed. 2d 1071 ⓘ
572 U.S. 782 ⓘ
hasCourt Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
hasDecisionDate 2014-05-27 ⓘ
hasDissentBy Antonin Scalia ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
Samuel A. Alito ⓘ
linked to: Samuel A. Alito Jr.
hasDocketNumber 12-515 ⓘ
hasJoinedDissent Antonin Scalia ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
Samuel A. Alito ⓘ
linked to: Samuel A. Alito Jr.
hasJoinedMajority Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
Antonin Scalia ⓘ
John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ
Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
hasLegalIssue Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ⓘ
off-reservation tribal gaming ⓘ
tribal sovereign immunity ⓘ
hasLowerCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ
hasMajorityOpinionBy Elena Kagan ⓘ
hasPetitioner State of Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Michigan
hasRespondent Bay Mills Indian Community ⓘ
hasTerm October Term 2013 ⓘ
hasVote 5-4 ⓘ
holds Indian Gaming Regulatory Act does not authorize Michigan to sue Bay Mills Indian Community for operating an off-reservation casino ⓘ
tribal sovereign immunity bars state suit against tribe for off-reservation commercial activities absent congressional authorization or tribal waiver ⓘ
interpretsStatute Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ⓘ
involvesParty Bay Mills Indian Community ⓘ
State of Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Michigan
isPrecedentFor scope of tribal sovereign immunity in off-reservation commercial activities ⓘ
isRelatedCase Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. ⓘ
Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Citizen Band Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Oklahoma ⓘ
Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez ⓘ
originatedFrom State of Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Michigan

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Bay Mills Indian Community → hasLegalCase → Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community ⓘ
October Term 2013 → hasPart → Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community ⓘ
Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community → holds → Indian Gaming Regulatory Act does not authorize Michigan to sue Bay Mills Indian Community for operating an off-reservation casino ⓘ
linked to: Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community