AFFILIATED UTE CITIZENS OF UTAH et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.

Citation

406 U.S. 128 (1971)

Decision : 7-0

Majority Opinion: Harry Blackmun

Justices Participating

• Byron White | voted with the majority or plurality

• Harry Blackmun | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Lewis Powell | other

• Potter Stewart | voted with the majority or plurality

• Thurgood Marshall | voted with the majority or plurality

• Warren Burger | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Rehnquist | other

• William Brennan | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Douglas | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Canons of Construction
• Claims against the U.S.
• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Indianness/Identity
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Natural Resources
• Plenary Power
• Sovereign immunity
• Termination
• Tribal citizenship
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 248 U.S. 78 (1918), ALASKA PACIFIC FISHERIES v. UNITED STATES
• 322 U.S. 419 (1943), ARENAS v. UNITED STATES
• 243 U.S. 452 (1916), UNITED STATES v. WALLER et al.
• 202 U.S. 473 (1905), NAGANAB v. HITCHCOCK
• 270 U.S. 243 (1925), FIRST MOON v. WHITE TAIL AND UNITED STATES
• 305 U.S. 382 (1938), MINNESOTA v. UNITED STATES
• 224 U.S. 665 (1911), CHOATE v. TRAPP, SECRETARY OF THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF OKLAHOMA
• 221 U.S. 286 (1910), MARCHIE TIGER v. WESTERN INVESTMENT COMPANY
• 391 U.S. 404 (1967), MENOMINEE TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 202 U.S. 60 (1905), OREGON v. HITCHCOCK
• 118 U.S. 375 (1885), UNITED STATES v. KAGAMA & ANOTHER, INDIANS

Case Cited In

• 476 U.S. 498 (1985), SOUTH CAROLINA et al. v. CATAWBA INDIAN TRIBE, INC.
• 476 U.S. 834 (1985), UNITED STATES v. MOTTAZ