UNITED STATES v. CHEROKEE NATION OF OKLAHOMA

Citation

480 U.S. 700

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: William Rehnquist

Justices Participating

• Antonin Scalia | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• 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 | voted with the majority or plurality , 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 no opinion
• Thurgood Marshall | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• William Rehnquist | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion
• William Brennan | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion

Categories

* Land/allotment/grants of land

Subopinions

Subopinion 1

Cited Cases

• 270 U.S. 49

• 295 U.S. 103

• 455 U.S. 130

• 41 U.S. 367

• 450 U.S. 544

• 316 U.S. 286

• 363 U.S. 229

• 397 U.S. 620

Case Cited In

• 508 U.S. 182 MICHAEL E. LINCOLN, ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, et al. v. GROVER VIGIL et al., 1992
• 532 U.S. 1 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS v. KLAMATH WATER USERS PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION, 2000
• 564 U.S. 162 UNITED STATES, PETITIONER v. JICARILLA APACHE NATION, 2010