The Bar Without A Licence

A husband and wife, neither of them tribal members, ran a bar on land they owned outright inside a reservation. They held a state licence. The tribes refused them a tribal licence after a hearing at which neighbours complained of disturbances and underage drinking. They kept serving. Federal law bans bringing liquor into Indian country, and Congress had let the tribes set the rules for their own land. They said Congress could not hand that power to a tribe.