MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS v. HOLYFIELD et al.

Citation

490 U.S. 30 (1988)

Decision : 6-3

Justices Participating

• Thurgood Marshall | voted with majority or plurality

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

• Byron White | voted with majority or plurality

• Harry Blackmun | voted with majority or plurality

• William Rehnquist | dissent

• John Stevens | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• Sandra O’Connor | voted with majority or plurality

• Antonin Scalia | voted with majority or plurality

• Anthony Kennedy | dissent

Categories

• Indian Child Welfare Act
• Jurisdiction (other)
• Plenary Power
• States/Authority of states
• Tribal citizenship
• Tribal courts

Cited Cases

• 437 U.S. 634 (1977), UNITED STATES v. JOHN et al.
• 358 U.S. 217 (1958), WILLIAMS et ux. v. LEE, DOING BUSINESS AS GANADO TRADING POST
• 424 U.S. 382 (1975), FISHER v. DISTRICT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF MONTANA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ROSEBUD
• 145 U.S. 317 (1891), FELIX v. PATRICK
• 411 U.S. 164 (1972), MCCLANAHAN v. ARIZONA STATE TAX COMMISSION

Case Cited In

• 538 U.S. 701 (2002), INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, et al. v. PAIUTE-SHOSHONE INDIANS OF THE BISHOP COMMUNITY OF THE BISHOP COLONY et al.
• 570 U.S. 637 (2012), ADOPTIVE COUPLE v. BABY GIRL
• 599 U.S. 255 (2022), HAALAND v. BRACKEEN