OLIPHANT v. SUQUAMISH INDIAN TRIBE et al.

Citation

435 U.S. 191 (1977)

Decision : 6-2

Majority Opinion: William Rehnquist

Justices Participating

• Byron White | voted with the majority or plurality

• Harry Blackmun | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Stevens | voted with the majority or plurality

• Lewis Powell | voted with the majority or plurality

• Potter Stewart | voted with the majority or plurality

• Thurgood Marshall | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• Warren Burger | dissent

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

• William Brennan | other

Categories

• Canons of Construction
• Criminal jurisdiction
• Domestic Dependent Nations
• Indian Civil Rights Act
• Indian Reorganization Act
• Indian Title/Occupancy
• Indianness/Identity
• Major Crimes Act
• Plenary Power
• Treaties
• Tribal citizenship
• Tribal courts
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 10 U.S. 87 (1810), FLETCHER v. PECK
• 369 U.S. 60 (1961), ORGANIZED VILLAGE OF KAKE et al. v. EGAN, GOVERNOR OF ALASKA
• 420 U.S. 425 (1974), DECOTEAU, NATURAL MOTHER AND NEXT FRIEND OF FEATHER et al. v. DISTRICT COUNTY COURT FOR THE TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
• 31 U.S. 515 (1832), SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 109 U.S. 556 (1883), ex parte CROW DOG
• 411 U.S. 164 (1972), MCCLANAHAN v. ARIZONA STATE TAX COMMISSION
• 163 U.S. 376 (1895), TALTON v. MAYES
• 241 U.S. 591 (1915), UNITED STATES v. NICE
• 21 U.S. 543 (1823), JOHNSON AND GRAHAM’S LESSEE v. WILLIAM M’INTOSH
• 164 U.S. 240 (1896), DRAPER v. UNITED STATES
• 380 U.S. 685 (1964), WARREN TRADING POST CO. v. ARIZONA TAX COMMISSION et al.
• 30 U.S. 1 (1831), THE CHEROKEE NATION VS. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 45 U.S. 567 (1846), THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS, v. WILLIAM S. ROGERS
• 141 U.S. 107 (1890), EVANS v. STATE BAN
• 417 U.S. 535 (1973), MORTON, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. MANCARI et al.
• 194 U.S. 384 (1903), MORRIS v. HITCHCOCK
• 72 U.S. 737 (1866), THE KANSAS INDIANS: THE CASE OF THE SHAWNEE TRIBE
• 118 U.S. 375 (1885), UNITED STATES v. KAGAMA & ANOTHER, INDIANS

Case Cited In

• 437 U.S. 634 (1977), UNITED STATES v. JOHN et al.
• 439 U.S. 463 (1978), WASHINGTON et al. v. CONFEDERATED BANDS AND TRIBES OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION
• 442 U.S. 653 (1978), WILSON et al. v. OMAHA INDIAN TRIBE et al.
• 447 U.S. 134 (1979), WASHINGTON et al. v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION et al.
• 448 U.S. 160 (1979), CENTRAL MACHINERY CO. v. ARIZONA STATE TAX COMMISSION
• 450 U.S. 544 (1980), MONTANA et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.
• 455 U.S. 130 (1981), MERRION et al., DBA MERRION & BAYLESS, et al. v. JICARILLA APACHE TRIBE et al.
• 462 U.S. 324 (1982), NEW MEXICO et al. v. MESCALERO APACHE TRIBE
• 466 U.S. 765 (1983), ESCONDIDO MUTUAL WATER CO. et al. v. LA JOLLA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS et al.
• 471 U.S. 845 (1984), NATIONAL FARMERS UNION INSURANCE COS. et al. v. CROW TRIBE OF INDIANS et al.
• 480 U.S. 9 (1986), IOWA MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. v. LAPLANTE et al.
• 492 U.S. 408 (1988), PHILIP BRENDALE v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION et al.
• 495 U.S. 676 (1989), DURO v. REINA, CHIEF OF POLICE, SALT RIVER DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN COMMUNITY, et al.
• 508 U.S. 679 (1992), SOUTH DAKOTA v. GREGG BOURLAND, ETC., et al.
• 520 U.S. 438 (1996), WILLIAM STRATE, ASSOCIATE TRIBAL JUDGE, TRIBAL COURT OF THE THREE AFFILIATED TRIBES OF THE FORT BERTHOLD INDIAN RESERVATION, et al. v. A-1 CONTRACTORS AND LYLE STOCKERT
• 528 U.S. 495 (1999), HAROLD F. RICE v. BENJAMIN J. CAYETANO, GOVERNOR OF HAWAII
• 533 U.S. 353 (2000), NEVADA, et al. v. FLOYD HICKS, et al.
• 541 U.S. 193 (2003), UNITED STATES v. BILLY JO LARA
• 554 U.S. 316 (2007), PLAINS COMMERCE BANK v. LONG FAMILY LAND & CATTLE CO.
• 579 U.S. 140 (2015), UNITED STATES v. BRYANT