MONTANA et al. v. BLACKFEET TRIBE OF INDIANS

Citation

471 U.S. 759 (1984)

Decision : 6-3

Majority Opinion: Lewis Powell

Justices Participating

• Byron White | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• Harry Blackmun | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Stevens | dissent

• Lewis Powell | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Sandra O’Connor | 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

• William Brennan | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Canons of Construction
• Commerce Clause
• Domestic Dependent Nations
• Natural Resources
• Plenary Power
• States/Authority of states
• Taxes
• 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.
• 72 U.S. 761 (1866), THE NEW YORK INDIANS
• 248 U.S. 78 (1918), ALASKA PACIFIC FISHERIES v. UNITED STATES
• 31 U.S. 515 (1832), SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 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
• 463 U.S. 713 (1982), RICE, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL OF CALIFORNIA v. REHNER
• 411 U.S. 145 (1972), MESCALERO APACHE TRIBE v. JONES, COMMISSIONER, BUREAU OF REVENUE OF NEW MEXICO, et al.
• 299 U.S. 159 (1936), BRITISH-AMERICAN OIL PRODUCING CO. v. BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF MONTANA et al.
• 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.
• 470 U.S. 226 (1984), COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al. v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK STATE et al.
• 224 U.S. 665 (1911), CHOATE v. TRAPP, SECRETARY OF THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION OF OKLAHOMA
• 417 U.S. 535 (1973), MORTON, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. MANCARI et al.
• 72 U.S. 737 (1866), THE KANSAS INDIANS: THE CASE OF THE SHAWNEE TRIBE

Case Cited In

• 472 U.S. 237 (1984), MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. v. PUEBLO OF SANTA ANA
• 480 U.S. 202 (1986), CALIFORNIA et al. v. CABAZON BAND OF MISSION INDIANS et al.
• 502 U.S. 251 (1991), COUNTY OF YAKIMA, et al. v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION
• 508 U.S. 679 (1992), SOUTH DAKOTA v. GREGG BOURLAND, ETC., et al.
• 510 U.S. 399 (1993), ROBERT HAGEN v. UTAH
• 515 U.S. 450 (1994), OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. CHICKASAW NATION
• 524 U.S. 103 (1997), CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, et al. v. LEECH LAKE BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS
• 534 U.S. 84 (2001), CHICKASAW NATION v. UNITED STATES
• 537 U.S. 488 (2002), UNITED STATES v. NAVAJO NATION
• 544 U.S. 197 (2004), CITY OF SHERRILL, NEW YORK v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK, et al.
• 555 U.S. 379 (2008), DONALD L. CARCIERI, GOVERNOR OF RHODE ISLAND, et al. v. KEN L. SALAZAR, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al.