UNITED STATES v. JOHN et al.

Citation

437 U.S. 634 (1977)

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

• 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 | 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

Categories

• Commerce Clause
• Criminal jurisdiction
• Indian Country
• Indian Reorganization Act
• Major Crimes Act
• Plenary Power
• States/Authority of states
• Treaties
• U.S. Constitution
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 95 U.S. 204 (1877), BATES v. CLARK
• 228 U.S. 243 (1912), DONNELLY v. UNITED STATES
• 412 U.S. 205 (1972), KEEBLE v. UNITED STATES
• 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
• 255 U.S. 373 (1920), WINTON, ADMINISTRATOR OF WINTON, et al. v. AMOS AND OTHERS, KNOWN AS THE MISSISSIPPI CHOCTAWS
• 368 U.S. 351 (1961), SEYMOUR v. SUPERINTENDENT OF WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY
• 411 U.S. 164 (1972), MCCLANAHAN v. ARIZONA STATE TAX COMMISSION
• 179 U.S. 494 (1900), UNITED STATES v. CHOCTAW NATION AND CHICKASAW NATION
• 324 U.S. 786 (1944), RICE v. OLSON, WARDEN
• 215 U.S. 278 (1909), UNITED STATES v. CELESTINE
• 215 U.S. 56 (1909), FLEMING v. MCCURTAIN
• 119 U.S. 1 (1886), CHOCTAW NATION v. UNITED STATES
• 435 U.S. 313 (1977), UNITED STATES v. WHEELER
• 397 U.S. 620 (1969), CHOCTAW NATION et al. v. OKLAHOMA et al.
• 232 U.S. 442 (1913), UNITED STATES v. PELICAN
• 420 U.S. 194 (1974), ANTOINE et ux. v. WASHINGTON
• 302 U.S. 535 (1937), UNITED STATES v. MCGOWAN et al.
• 358 U.S. 217 (1958), WILLIAMS et ux. v. LEE, DOING BUSINESS AS GANADO TRADING POST
• 435 U.S. 191 (1977), OLIPHANT v. SUQUAMISH INDIAN TRIBE et al.
• 118 U.S. 375 (1885), UNITED STATES v. KAGAMA & ANOTHER, INDIANS

Case Cited In

• 490 U.S. 30 (1988), MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS v. HOLYFIELD et al.
• 490 U.S. 30 (1988), MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS v. HOLYFIELD 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.
• 498 U.S. 505 (1990), OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. CITIZEN BAND POTAWATOMI INDIAN TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA
• 507 U.S. 99 (1992), EMERY L. NEGONSOTT v. HAROLD SAMUELS, WARDEN, et al.
• 528 U.S. 495 (1999), HAROLD F. RICE v. BENJAMIN J. CAYETANO, GOVERNOR OF HAWAII
• 579 U.S. 140 (2015), UNITED STATES v. BRYANT