MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. v. PUEBLO OF SANTA ANA

Citation

472 U.S. 237 (1984)

Decision : 5-3

Majority Opinion: John Stevens

Justices Participating

• Byron White | voted with the majority or plurality

• Harry Blackmun | dissent

• John Stevens | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Lewis Powell | other

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

• Thurgood Marshall | dissent

• Warren Burger | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Rehnquist | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Brennan | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

Categories

• Canons of Construction
• Commerce Clause
• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Indian Title/Occupancy
• Indianness/Identity
• International law
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Plenary Power
• U.S. Constitution
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 290 U.S. 357 (1933), UNITED STATES v. CHAVEZ et al.
• 463 U.S. 206 (1982), UNITED STATES v. MITCHELL et al.
• 414 U.S. 661 (1973), ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK et al. v. COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al.
• 295 U.S. 103 (1934), UNITED STATES v. CREEK NATION
• 318 U.S. 423 (1942), CHOCTAW NATION OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES et al.
• 248 U.S. 78 (1918), ALASKA PACIFIC FISHERIES v. UNITED STATES
• 471 U.S. 759 (1984), MONTANA et al. v. BLACKFEET TRIBE OF INDIANS
• 425 U.S. 649 (1975), NORTHERN CHEYENNE TRIBE v. HOLLOWBREAST et al.
• 430 U.S. 73 (1976), DELAWARE TRIBAL BUSINESS COMMITTEE et al. v. WEEKS et al.
• 415 U.S. 199 (1973), MORTON, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR v. RUIZ ET UX.
• 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
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• 21 U.S. 543 (1823), JOHNSON AND GRAHAM’S LESSEE v. WILLIAM M’INTOSH
• 362 U.S. 99 (1959), FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION v. TUSCARORA INDIAN NATION
• 273 U.S. 315 (1926), THE PUEBLO OF SANTA ROSA v. FALL, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al.
• 271 U.S. 432 (1925), UNITED STATES v. CANDELARIA et al.
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• 30 U.S. 1 (1831), THE CHEROKEE NATION VS. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 227 U.S. 613 (1912), STARR v. LONG JIM
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• 316 U.S. 286 (1941), SEMINOLE NATION v. UNITED STATES
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Case Cited In

• 476 U.S. 498 (1985), SOUTH CAROLINA et al. v. CATAWBA INDIAN TRIBE, INC.