Citation

476 U.S. 877

Decision : 6-3

Majority Opinion: Sandra O’Connor

Justices Participating

  • Byron White | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Harry Blackmun | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • John Stevens | dissent , justice wrote no opinion
  • Lewis Powell | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Sandra O’Connor | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion
  • Thurgood Marshall | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Warren Burger | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • William Rehnquist | dissent , justice wrote an opinion
  • William Brennan | dissent , justice wrote no opinion

Categories

* Public Law 280

Subopinions

Subopinion 1

Subopinion 2

Subopinion 3

Cited Cases

Case Cited In

  • 476 U.S. 877 THREE AFFILIATED TRIBES OF THE FORT BERTHOLD RESERVATION v. WOLD ENGINEERING, P. C., et al., 1985
  • 480 U.S. 9 IOWA MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. v. LAPLANTE et al., 1986
  • 523 U.S. 751 KIOWA TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA v. MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 1997
  • 572 U.S. 782 MICHIGAN v. BAY MILLS INDIAN COMMUNITY, 2013