UNITED STATES v. CHEROKEE NATION OF OKLAHOMA

Citation

480 U.S. 700 (1986)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: William Rehnquist

Justices Participating

• Antonin Scalia | voted with the majority or plurality

• Byron White | voted with the majority or plurality

• Harry Blackmun | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Stevens | voted with the majority or plurality

• 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

• William Rehnquist | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• William Brennan | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Claims against the U.S.
• Commerce Clause
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Sovereign immunity
• U.S. Constitution
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 270 U.S. 49 (1925), UNITED STATES v. HOLT STATE BANK et al.
• 295 U.S. 103 (1934), UNITED STATES v. CREEK NATION
• 455 U.S. 130 (1981), MERRION et al., DBA MERRION & BAYLESS, et al. v. JICARILLA APACHE TRIBE et al.
• 41 U.S. 367 (1842), MERRIT MARTIN AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. THE LESSEE OF WILLIAM C. H. WADDELL, DEFENDANT IN ERROR
• 450 U.S. 544 (1980), MONTANA et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.
• 316 U.S. 286 (1941), SEMINOLE NATION v. UNITED STATES
• 363 U.S. 229 (1959), UNITED STATES v. GRAND RIVER DAM AUTHORITY
• 397 U.S. 620 (1969), CHOCTAW NATION et al. v. OKLAHOMA et al.

Case Cited In

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