| Ramah Navajo School Bd., Inc. v. Bureau of Revenue of N.M. | ||||||
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Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Argued April 28, 1982 Decided July 2, 1982 |
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| Full case name | Ramah Navajo School Board., Inc., et al. v. Bureau of Revenue of New Mexico | |||||
| Citations | 458 U.S. 832 (more) 102 S. Ct. 3394; 73 L. Ed. 2d 1174 |
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| Prior history | Ramah Navajo School Board., Inc., et al. v. Bureau of Revenue of New Mexico, 625 P.2d 1225 (New Mex. App. 1980) | |||||
| Holding | ||||||
| Holding that the state was not authorized to impose taxes on a construction company building a school on an Native American (Indian) reservation. | ||||||
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| Case opinions | ||||||
| Majority | J. Marshall, joined by C.J. Burger, JJ. Brennan, Blackmun, Powell and O'Connor | |||||
| Dissent | J. Rehnquist, joined by JJ. White and Stevens | |||||
Ramah Navajo School Bd., Inc. v. Bureau of Revenue of N.M., 458 U.S. 832 (1982), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States holding that the state was not authorized to impose taxes on a construction company building a school on an Native American (Indian) reservation.
The children of Ramah Navajo Chapter of the Navajo Nation in New Mexico attended a public high school that was near the Navajo Reservation until the state closed the school in 1968. No other public schools were nearby, and children either did not attend high school or had to go to a federal Indian boarding school, none of which were close to the reservation.