WASHINGTON et al. v. CONFEDERATED BANDS AND TRIBES OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION

Citation

439 U.S. 463 (1978)

Decision : 7-2

Majority Opinion: Potter Stewart

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 , justice wrote an opinion

• Thurgood Marshall | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• Warren Burger | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Rehnquist | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Brennan | dissent

Categories

• Canons of Construction
• Civil jurisdiction
• Criminal jurisdiction
• Domestic Dependent Nations
• Indian Country
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Plenary Power
• Public Law 280
• States/Authority of states
• U.S. Constitution
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 248 U.S. 78 (1918), ALASKA PACIFIC FISHERIES v. UNITED STATES
• 318 U.S. 705 (1942), BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS et al. v. SEBER et al.
• 419 U.S. 544 (1974), UNITED STATES v. MAZURIE et al.
• 175 U.S. 1 (1899), JONES v. MEEHAN
• 31 U.S. 515 (1832), SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 308 U.S. 343 (1939), BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF JACKSON, KANSAS, v. UNITED STATES
• 368 U.S. 351 (1961), SEYMOUR v. SUPERINTENDENT OF WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY
• 411 U.S. 164 (1972), MCCLANAHAN v. ARIZONA STATE TAX COMMISSION
• 280 U.S. 363 (1929), CARPENTER et al. v. SHAW, STATE AUDITOR OF OKLAHOMA
• 351 U.S. 1 (1955), SQUIRE, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. CAPOEMAN ET UX.
• 412 U.S. 481 (1972), MATTZ v. ARNETT, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME
• 164 U.S. 240 (1896), DRAPER v. UNITED STATES
• 314 U.S. 339 (1941), UNITED STATES, AS GUARDIAN OF THE HUALPAI INDIANS OF ARIZONA, v. SANTA FE PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.
• 426 U.S. 373 (1975), BRYAN v. ITASCA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
• 425 U.S. 463 (1975), MOE, SHERIFF, et al. v. CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION et al.
• 224 U.S. 665 (1911), CHOATE v. TRAPP, SECRETARY OF THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF OKLAHOMA
• 435 U.S. 313 (1977), UNITED STATES v. WHEELER
• 400 U.S. 423 (1970), KENNERLY et al. v. DISTRICT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF MONTANA et al.
• 417 U.S. 535 (1973), MORTON, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. MANCARI et al.
• 291 U.S. 138 (1933), PIGEON RIVER IMPROVEMENT, SLIDE & BOOM CO. v. CHARLES W. COX, LTD.
• 391 U.S. 404 (1967), MENOMINEE TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 435 U.S. 191 (1977), OLIPHANT v. SUQUAMISH INDIAN TRIBE et al.
• 358 U.S. 217 (1958), WILLIAMS et ux. v. LEE, DOING BUSINESS AS GANADO TRADING POST
• 72 U.S. 737 (1866), THE KANSAS INDIANS: THE CASE OF THE SHAWNEE TRIBE
• 104 U.S. 621 (1881), UNITED STATES v. MCBRATNEY

Case Cited In

• 443 U.S. 658 (1978), WASHINGTON et al. v. WASHINGTON STATE COMMERCIAL PASSENGER FISHING VESSEL ASSOCIATION et al.
• 447 U.S. 134 (1979), WASHINGTON et al. v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION et al.
• 448 U.S. 136 (1979), WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE et al. v. BRACKER et al.
• 462 U.S. 324 (1982), NEW MEXICO et al. v. MESCALERO APACHE TRIBE
• 463 U.S. 545 (1982), ARIZONA et al. v. SAN CARLOS APACHE TRIBE OF ARIZONA et al.
• 467 U.S. 138 (1983), THREE AFFILIATED TRIBES OF THE FORT BERTHOLD RESERVATION v. WOLD ENGINEERING, P. C., et al.
• 476 U.S. 877 (1985), THREE AFFILIATED TRIBES OF THE FORT BERTHOLD RESERVATION v. WOLD ENGINEERING, P. C., et al.
• 507 U.S. 99 (1992), EMERY L. NEGONSOTT v. HAROLD SAMUELS, WARDEN, et al.
• 510 U.S. 399 (1993), ROBERT HAGEN v. UTAH
• 528 U.S. 495 (1999), HAROLD F. RICE v. BENJAMIN J. CAYETANO, GOVERNOR OF HAWAII
• 541 U.S. 193 (2003), UNITED STATES v. BILLY JO LARA