UNITED STATES v. SIOUX NATION OF INDIANS et al.

Citation

448 U.S. 371 (1979)

Decision : 8-1

Majority Opinion: Harry Blackmun

Justices Participating

• Byron White | concurrence , justice wrote an opinion

• 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 | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• William Brennan | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Claims against the U.S.
• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Indian Claims Commission
• Jurisdiction (other)
• Laches (statute of limitations)
• 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
• 187 U.S. 553 (1902), LONE WOLF v. HITCHCOCK
• 430 U.S. 73 (1976), DELAWARE TRIBAL BUSINESS COMMITTEE et al. v. WEEKS et al.
• 304 U.S. 119 (1937), UNITED STATES v. KLAMATH AND MOADOC TRIBES OF INDIANS et al.
• 270 U.S. 476 (1925), CHEROKEE NATION v. UNITED STATES
• 187 U.S. 294 (1902), CHEROKEE NATION v. HITCHCOCK
• 341 U.S. 48 (1950), UNITED STATES v. ALCEA BAND OF TILLAMOOKS ET AL.
• 362 U.S. 99 (1959), FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. TUSCARORA INDIAN NATION
• 304 U.S. 111 (1937), UNITED STATES v. SHOSHONE TRIBE OF INDIANS
• 348 U.S. 272 (1954), TEE-HIT-TON INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 119 U.S. 1 (1886), CHOCTAW NATION v. UNITED STATES
• 329 U.S. 40 (1946), UNITED STATES v. ALCEA BAND OF TILLAMOOKS ET AL.
• 202 U.S. 101 (1905), UNITED STATES v. CHEROKEE NATION
• 417 U.S. 535 (1973), MORTON, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. MANCARI et al.
• 299 U.S. 476 (1936), SHOSHONE TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 391 U.S. 404 (1967), MENOMINEE TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 430 U.S. 584 (1976), ROSEBUD SIOUX TRIBE v. KNEIP, GOVERNOR OF SOUTH DAKOTA, et al.
• 135 U.S. 641 (1889), CHEROKEE NATION v. SOUTHERN KANSAS RAILWAY COMPANY

Case Cited In

• 450 U.S. 544 (1980), MONTANA et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.
• 463 U.S. 206 (1982), UNITED STATES v. MITCHELL et al.
• 470 U.S. 39 (1984), UNITED STATES v. DANN et al.
• 470 U.S. 226 (1984), COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al. v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK STATE et al.
• 473 U.S. 753 (1984), OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE et al. v. KLAMATH INDIAN TRIBE
• 530 U.S. 392 (1999), STATE OF ARIZONA v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.
• 531 U.S. 1 (2000), STATE OF ARIZONA v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.
• 583 U.S. 244 (2017), PATCHAK v. ZINKE