McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax Comm’n, 411 U.S. 164 (1973)

McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax Commission


No. 71-834


Argued December 12, 1972
Decided March 27, 1973
411 U.S. 164

APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF ARIZONA

Syllabus

The State of Arizona has no jurisdiction to impose a tax on the income of Navajo Indians residing on the Navajo Reservation and whose income is wholly derived from reservation sources, as is clear from the relevant treaty with the Navajos and federal statutes. Pp. 167-181.

14 Ariz.App. 452, 484 P.2d 221, reversed.

MARSHALL, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.