RICHARD E. LYNG, SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, et al. v. NORTHWEST INDIAN CEMETERY PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION et al.

Citation

485 U.S. 439 (1987)

Decision : 5-3

Majority Opinion: Sandra O’Connor

Justices Participating

• Anthony Kennedy | other

• Antonin Scalia | voted with the majority or plurality

• Byron White | voted with the majority or plurality

• Harry Blackmun | dissent

• John Stevens | voted with the majority or plurality

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

• Thurgood Marshall | dissent

• William Rehnquist | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Brennan | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

Categories

• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Religion
• U.S. Constitution

Cited Cases

• 467 U.S. 138 (1983), THREE AFFILIATED TRIBES OF THE FORT BERTHOLD RESERVATION v. WOLD ENGINEERING, P. C., et al.
• 476 U.S. 693 (1985), BOWEN, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, et al. v. ROY et al.

Case Cited In

• 494 U.S. 872 (1989), EMPLOYMENT DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES OF OREGON, et al. v. SMITH et al.