MATTZ v. ARNETT, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME

Citation

412 U.S. 481 (1972)

Decision : 9-0

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 | voted with the majority or plurality

• 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 | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Brennan | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Douglas | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Indian Country
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Natural Resources
• States/Authority of states
• Wardship/Trust

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• 215 U.S. 278 (1909), UNITED STATES v. CELESTINE
• 228 U.S. 708 (1912), DONNELLY v. UNITED STATES
• 368 U.S. 351 (1961), SEYMOUR v. SUPERINTENDENT OF WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY
• 241 U.S. 591 (1915), UNITED STATES v. NICE

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• 426 U.S. 373 (1975), BRYAN v. ITASCA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
• 430 U.S. 584 (1976), ROSEBUD SIOUX TRIBE v. KNEIP, GOVERNOR OF SOUTH DAKOTA, et al.
• 433 U.S. 165 (1976), PUYALLUP TRIBE, INC., et al. v. DEPARTMENT OF GAME OF WASHINGTON et al.
• 439 U.S. 463 (1978), WASHINGTON et al. v. CONFEDERATED BANDS AND TRIBES OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION
• 445 U.S. 535 (1979), UNITED STATES v. MITCHELL et al.
• 465 U.S. 463 (1983), SOLEM, WARDEN, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE PENITENTIARY, et al. v. BARTLETT
• 472 U.S. 237 (1984), MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. v. PUEBLO OF SANTA ANA
• 473 U.S. 753 (1984), OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE et al. v. KLAMATH INDIAN TRIBE
• 476 U.S. 498 (1985), SOUTH CAROLINA et al. v. CATAWBA INDIAN TRIBE, INC.
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• 492 U.S. 408 (1988), PHILIP BRENDALE v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION et al.
• 510 U.S. 399 (1993), ROBERT HAGEN v. UTAH
• 522 U.S. 329 (1997), SOUTH DAKOTA v. YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE et al.
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