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tax limits on private land."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 23, lines 23-58","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2000/00-454.pdf","page_label":"file page 23, lines 23-58"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 17-43","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2000/00-454.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 17-43"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 37, lines 45-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2000/00-454.pdf","page_label":"file page 37, lines 45-17"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 5-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2000/00-454.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 5-15"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 49, lines 49-58","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2000/00-454.pdf","page_label":"file page 49, lines 49-58"}]}],"slug":"2000-00-454-atkinson-trading-co-v-shirley","term":"2000","title":"Can a tribe tax nonmembers on fee land?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 23, lines 23-58","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2000/00-454.pdf","page_label":"file page 23, lines 23-58"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 17-43","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2000/00-454.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 17-43"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 37, lines 45-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2000/00-454.pdf","page_label":"file page 37, lines 45-17"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}