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1. Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe, No. 80-11, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, March 30, 1981, Argued , January 25, 1982, Decided ** Together with No. 80-15, Amoco Production Co. et al. v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe et al., also on certiorari to the same court.

OVERVIEW: Respondent tribe's ordinance imposing a severance tax on oil and gas removed from tribal lands survived petitioners' attack where respondent had authority to impose the tax and the tax did not violate the Commerce Clause.

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