WILSON et al. v. OMAHA INDIAN TRIBE et al.

Citation

442 U.S. 653 (1978)

Decision : 8-0

Majority Opinion: Byron White

Justices Participating

• Byron White | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Harry Blackmun | concurrence , justice wrote an opinion

• John Stevens | voted with the majority or plurality

• Lewis Powell | other

• 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

Categories

• Canons of Construction
• Doctrine of Discovery
• Indian Country
• Indianness/Identity
• Jurisdiction (other)
• Natural Resources
• Plenary Power
• States/Authority of states
• Treaties
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 414 U.S. 661 (1973), ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK et al. v. COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al.
• 248 U.S. 78 (1918), ALASKA PACIFIC FISHERIES v. UNITED STATES
• 253 U.S. 275 (1919), UNITED STATES v. OMAHA TRIBE OF INDIANS
• 258 U.S. 574 (1921), STATE OF OKLAHOMA v. STATE OF TEXAS. UNITED STATES, INTERVENER
• 318 U.S. 206 (1942), UNITED STATES v. OKLAHOMA GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
• 203 U.S. 233 (1906), FRANCIS v. FRANCIS
• 308 U.S. 343 (1939), BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF JACKSON, KANSAS, v. UNITED STATES
• 187 U.S. 294 (1902), CHEROKEE NATION v. HITCHCOCK
• 100 U.S. 235 (1879), UNITED STATES v. PERRYMAN
• 409 U.S. 80 (1972), UNITED STATES v. JIM et al.
• 224 U.S. 413 (1911), HECKMAN v. UNITED STATES
• 266 U.S. 481 (1924), MORRISON, JR., et al. v. WORK, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al.
• 426 U.S. 373 (1975), BRYAN v. ITASCA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
• 224 U.S. 665 (1911), CHOATE v. TRAPP, SECRETARY OF THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF OKLAHOMA
• 435 U.S. 191 (1977), OLIPHANT v. SUQUAMISH INDIAN TRIBE et al.

Case Cited In

• 448 U.S. 160 (1979), CENTRAL MACHINERY CO. v. ARIZONA STATE TAX COMMISSION
• 470 U.S. 226 (1984), COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al. v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK STATE et al.