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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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