METLAKATLA INDIAN COMMUNITY, ANNETTE ISLANDS RESERVE, v. EGAN, GOVERNOR OF ALASKA, et al.

Citation

369 U.S. 45 (1961)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Felix Frankfurter

Justices Participating

• Charles Whittaker | voted with the majority or plurality

• Earl Warren | voted with the majority or plurality

• Felix Frankfurter | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Hugo Black | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Harlan | voted with the majority or plurality

• Potter Stewart | voted with the majority or plurality

• Tom Clark | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Brennan | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Douglas | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Alaska
• Civil jurisdiction
• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Indian Country
• Natural Resources
• Plenary Power
• Public Law 280
• States/Authority of states
• Treaties

Cited Cases

• 31 U.S. 515 (1832), SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 248 U.S. 78 (1918), ALASKA PACIFIC FISHERIES v. UNITED STATES
• 72 U.S. 737 (1866), THE KANSAS INDIANS: THE CASE OF THE SHAWNEE TRIBE
• 337 U.S. 86 (1948), HYNES, REGIONAL DIRECTOR, FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, v. GRIMES PACKING CO. ET AL.

Case Cited In

• 411 U.S. 164 (1972), MCCLANAHAN v. ARIZONA STATE TAX COMMISSION