HODEL, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR v. IRVING et al.

Citation

481 U.S. 704 (1986)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Sandra O’Connor

Justices Participating

• Antonin Scalia | concurrence , justice wrote an opinion

• Byron White | concurrence

• Harry Blackmun | concurrence

• John Stevens | concurrence , justice wrote an opinion

• Lewis Powell | concurrence

• Sandra O’Connor | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Thurgood Marshall | concurrence

• William Rehnquist | concurrence

• William Brennan | concurrence , justice wrote an opinion

Categories

• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Plenary Power
• U.S. Constitution
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 247 U.S. 288 (1917), JEFERSON et al. v. FINK et al., ADMINISTRATORS OF SEVERS, et al.
• 430 U.S. 73 (1976), DELAWARE TRIBAL BUSINESS COMMITTEE et al. v. WEEKS et al.
• 444 U.S. 51 (1979), ANDRUS, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. ALLARD et al.
• 465 U.S. 463 (1983), SOLEM, WARDEN, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE PENITENTIARY, et al. v. BARTLETT
• 417 U.S. 535 (1973), MORTON, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. MANCARI et al.

Case Cited In

• 502 U.S. 251 (1991), COUNTY OF YAKIMA, et al. v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION
• 519 U.S. 234 (1996), BRUCE BABBITT, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. MARVIN K. YOUPEE, SR., et al.
• 528 U.S. 495 (1999), HAROLD F. RICE v. BENJAMIN J. CAYETANO, GOVERNOR OF HAWAII
• 533 U.S. 353 (2000), NEVADA, et al. v. FLOYD HICKS, et al.