DELAWARE TRIBAL BUSINESS COMMITTEE et al. v. WEEKS et al.

Citation

430 U.S. 73 (1976)

Decision : 8-1

Majority Opinion: William Brennan

Justices Participating

• Byron White | voted with the majority or plurality

• Harry Blackmun | concurrence , justice wrote an opinion

• John Stevens | dissent , 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 | concurrence

• William Rehnquist | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Brennan | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

Categories

• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Indian Claims Commission
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Plenary Power
• Treaties
• U.S. Constitution
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 295 U.S. 103 (1934), UNITED STATES v. CREEK NATION
• 425 U.S. 649 (1975), NORTHERN CHEYENNE TRIBE v. HOLLOWBREAST et al.
• 187 U.S. 553 (1902), LONE WOLF v. HITCHCOCK
• 193 U.S. 127 (1903), DELAWARE INDIANS v. CHEROKEE NATION
• 409 U.S. 80 (1972), UNITED STATES v. JIM et al.
• 155 U.S. 196 (1894), CHEROKEE NATION v. JOURNEYCAKE
• 329 U.S. 40 (1946), UNITED STATES v. ALCEA BAND OF TILLAMOOKS ET AL.
• 417 U.S. 535 (1973), MORTON, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. MANCARI et al.
• 420 U.S. 194 (1974), ANTOINE et ux. v. WASHINGTON
• 235 U.S. 441 (1914), SIZEMORE v. BRADY

Case Cited In

• 448 U.S. 371 (1979), UNITED STATES v. SIOUX NATION OF INDIANS et al.
• 470 U.S. 226 (1984), COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al. v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK STATE et al.
• 472 U.S. 237 (1984), MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. v. PUEBLO OF SANTA ANA
• 481 U.S. 704 (1986), HODEL, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR v. IRVING et al.
• 528 U.S. 495 (1999), HAROLD F. RICE v. BENJAMIN J. CAYETANO, GOVERNOR OF HAWAII