COUNTY OF YAKIMA, et al. v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION

Citation

502 U.S. 251 (1991)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Antonin Scalia

Justices Participating

• Anthony Kennedy | voted with the majority or plurality

• Antonin Scalia | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Byron White | voted with the majority or plurality

• Clarence Thomas | voted with the majority or plurality

• David Souter | voted with the majority or plurality

• Harry Blackmun | concurrence , justice wrote an opinion

• John Stevens | voted with the majority or plurality

• Sandra O’Connor | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Rehnquist | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Commerce Clause
• Domestic Dependent Nations
• Indian Country
• Indian Reorganization Act
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Plenary Power
• States/Authority of states
• Taxes
• U.S. Constitution
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 72 U.S. 761 (1866), THE NEW YORK INDIANS
• 197 U.S. 488 (1904), MATTER OF HEFF
• 480 U.S. 202 (1986), CALIFORNIA et al. v. CABAZON BAND OF MISSION INDIANS et al.
• 203 U.S. 146 (1906), GOUDY v. MEATH
• 471 U.S. 759 (1984), MONTANA et al. v. BLACKFEET TRIBE OF INDIANS
• 492 U.S. 408 (1988), PHILIP BRENDALE v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION et al.
• 369 U.S. 60 (1961), ORGANIZED VILLAGE OF KAKE et al. v. EGAN, GOVERNOR OF ALASKA
• 448 U.S. 136 (1979), WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE et al. v. BRACKER et al.
• 420 U.S. 425 (1974), DECOTEAU, NATURAL MOTHER AND NEXT FRIEND OF FEATHER et al. v. DISTRICT COUNTY COURT FOR THE TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
• 31 U.S. 515 (1832), SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 462 U.S. 324 (1982), NEW MEXICO et al. v. MESCALERO APACHE TRIBE
• 368 U.S. 351 (1961), SEYMOUR v. SUPERINTENDENT OF WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY
• 411 U.S. 164 (1972), MCCLANAHAN v. ARIZONA STATE TAX COMMISSION
• 351 U.S. 1 (1955), SQUIRE, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. CAPOEMAN ET UX.
• 411 U.S. 145 (1972), MESCALERO APACHE TRIBE v. JONES, COMMISSIONER, BUREAU OF REVENUE OF NEW MEXICO, et al.
• 481 U.S. 704 (1986), HODEL, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR v. IRVING et al.
• 426 U.S. 373 (1975), BRYAN v. ITASCA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
• 425 U.S. 463 (1975), MOE, SHERIFF, et al. v. CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION et al.
• 450 U.S. 544 (1980), MONTANA et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.
• 259 U.S. 139 (1921), KENDALL, ADMINISTRATOR OF REDEAGLE, et al. v. EWERT
• 445 U.S. 535 (1979), UNITED STATES v. MITCHELL et al.
• 326 U.S. 496 (1945), NEW YORK EX REL. RAY v. MARTIN, WARDEN
• 417 U.S. 535 (1973), MORTON, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. MANCARI et al.
• 358 U.S. 217 (1958), WILLIAMS et ux. v. LEE, DOING BUSINESS AS GANADO TRADING POST
• 72 U.S. 737 (1866), THE KANSAS INDIANS: THE CASE OF THE SHAWNEE TRIBE
• 447 U.S. 134 (1979), WASHINGTON et al. v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION et al.

Case Cited In

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• 510 U.S. 399 (1993), ROBERT HAGEN v. UTAH
• 515 U.S. 450 (1994), OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. CHICKASAW NATION
• 524 U.S. 103 (1997), CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, et al. v. LEECH LAKE BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS
• 526 U.S. 172 (1998), MINNESOTA, et al. v. MILLE LACS BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS et al.
• 534 U.S. 84 (2001), CHICKASAW NATION v. UNITED STATES
• 546 U.S. 95 (2005), JOAN WAGNON, SECRETARY, KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE v. PRAIRIE BAND POTAWATOMI NATION
• 554 U.S. 316 (2007), PLAINS COMMERCE BANK v. LONG FAMILY LAND & CATTLE CO.
• 555 U.S. 379 (2008), DONALD L. CARCIERI, GOVERNOR OF RHODE ISLAND, et al. v. KEN L. SALAZAR, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al.
• 572 U.S. 782 (2013), MICHIGAN v. BAY MILLS INDIAN COMMUNITY
• 584 U.S. 554 (2017), UPPER SKAGIT INDIAN TRIBE v. LUNDGREN