MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS v. HOLYFIELD et al.

Citation

490 U.S. 30

Decision : 6-3

Majority Opinion: William Brennan

Justices Participating

• Anthony Kennedy | dissent , justice wrote no opinion
• Anthony Kennedy | dissent , justice wrote no opinion
• Antonin Scalia | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• Antonin Scalia | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• Byron White | 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
• Harry Blackmun | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• John Stevens | dissent , justice wrote an opinion
• John Stevens | dissent , justice wrote an opinion
• Sandra O’Connor | 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
• Thurgood Marshall | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
• William Rehnquist | dissent , justice wrote no opinion
• William Rehnquist | dissent , justice wrote no opinion
• William Brennan | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion
• William Brennan | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

Categories

* Indian Child Welfare Act

Subopinions

Subopinion 1

Subopinion 2

Subopinion 3

Cited Cases

• 490 U.S. 30

• 145 U.S. 317

• 411 U.S. 164

• 424 U.S. 382

• 437 U.S. 634

• 358 U.S. 217

Case Cited In

• 490 U.S. 30 MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS v. HOLYFIELD et al., 1988
• 490 U.S. 30 MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS v. HOLYFIELD et al., 1988
• 538 U.S. 701 INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, et al. v. PAIUTE-SHOSHONE INDIANS OF THE BISHOP COMMUNITY OF THE BISHOP COLONY et al., 2002
• 570 U.S. 637 ADOPTIVE COUPLE v. BABY GIRL, 2012