MERRION et al., DBA MERRION & BAYLESS, et al. v. JICARILLA APACHE TRIBE et al.

Citation

455 U.S. 130 (1981)

Decision : 6-3

Majority Opinion: Thurgood Marshall

Justices Participating

• Byron White | voted with the majority or plurality

• Harry Blackmun | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Stevens | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• Lewis Powell | voted with the majority or plurality

• Sandra O’Connor | voted with the majority or plurality

• Thurgood Marshall | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Warren Burger | dissent

• William Rehnquist | dissent

• William Brennan | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Civil jurisdiction
• Commerce Clause
• Domestic Dependent Nations
• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Indian Reorganization Act
• Indian Title/Occupancy
• Natural Resources
• Plenary Power
• Taxes
• Tribal courts
• U.S. Constitution
• 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.
• 10 U.S. 87 (1810), FLETCHER v. PECK
• 419 U.S. 544 (1974), UNITED STATES v. MAZURIE et al.
• 187 U.S. 553 (1902), LONE WOLF v. HITCHCOCK
• 448 U.S. 136 (1979), WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE et al. v. BRACKER 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
• 255 U.S. 373 (1920), WINTON, ADMINISTRATOR OF WINTON, et al. v. AMOS AND OTHERS, KNOWN AS THE MISSISSIPPI CHOCTAWS
• 163 U.S. 376 (1895), TALTON v. MAYES
• 424 U.S. 382 (1975), FISHER v. DISTRICT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF MONTANA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ROSEBUD
• 21 U.S. 543 (1823), JOHNSON AND GRAHAM’S LESSEE v. WILLIAM M’INTOSH
• 299 U.S. 159 (1936), BRITISH-AMERICAN OIL PRODUCING CO. v. BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF MONTANA et al.
• 316 U.S. 317 (1941), SIOUX TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 348 U.S. 272 (1954), TEE-HIT-TON INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 450 U.S. 544 (1980), MONTANA et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.
• 30 U.S. 1 (1831), THE CHEROKEE NATION VS. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 326 U.S. 496 (1945), NEW YORK EX REL. RAY v. MARTIN, WARDEN
• 435 U.S. 313 (1977), UNITED STATES v. WHEELER
• 435 U.S. 191 (1977), OLIPHANT v. SUQUAMISH INDIAN TRIBE et al.
• 436 U.S. 49 (1977), SANTA CLARA PUEBLO et al. v. MARTINEZ et al.
• 309 U.S. 506 (1939), UNITED STATES v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO. et al.
• 168 U.S. 218 (1897), ROFF v. BURNEY
• 358 U.S. 217 (1958), WILLIAMS et ux. v. LEE, DOING BUSINESS AS GANADO TRADING POST
• 194 U.S. 384 (1903), MORRIS v. HITCHCOCK
• 447 U.S. 134 (1979), WASHINGTON et al. v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION et al.
• 118 U.S. 375 (1885), UNITED STATES v. KAGAMA & ANOTHER, INDIANS

Case Cited In

• 462 U.S. 324 (1982), NEW MEXICO et al. v. MESCALERO APACHE TRIBE
• 471 U.S. 195 (1984), KERR-MCGEE CORP. v. NAVAJO TRIBE OF 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.
• 480 U.S. 700 (1986), UNITED STATES v. CHEROKEE NATION OF OKLAHOMA
• 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.
• 532 U.S. 645 (2000), ATKINSON TRADING COMPANY, INC. v. JOE SHIRLEY, JR., et al.
• 533 U.S. 353 (2000), NEVADA, et al. v. FLOYD HICKS, et al.
• 546 U.S. 95 (2005), JOAN WAGNON, SECRETARY, KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE v. PRAIRIE BAND POTAWATOMI NATION
• 554 U.S. 316 (2007), PLAINS COMMERCE BANK v. LONG FAMILY LAND & CATTLE CO.
• 564 U.S. 162 (2010), UNITED STATES, PETITIONER v. JICARILLA APACHE NATION
• 572 U.S. 782 (2013), MICHIGAN v. BAY MILLS INDIAN COMMUNITY