EMERY L. NEGONSOTT v. HAROLD SAMUELS, WARDEN, et al.

Citation

507 U.S. 99 (1992)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: William Rehnquist

Justices Participating

• Anthony Kennedy | voted with the majority or plurality

• Antonin Scalia | voted with the majority or plurality

• 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 | voted with the majority or plurality

• 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 , justice wrote an opinion

Categories

• Canons of Construction
• Criminal jurisdiction
• Major Crimes Act
• Plenary Power
• States/Authority of states
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 476 U.S. 498 (1985), SOUTH CAROLINA et al. v. CATAWBA INDIAN TRIBE, INC.
• 495 U.S. 676 (1989), DURO v. REINA, CHIEF OF POLICE, SALT RIVER DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN COMMUNITY, et al.
• 439 U.S. 463 (1978), WASHINGTON et al. v. CONFEDERATED BANDS AND TRIBES OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION
• 426 U.S. 373 (1975), BRYAN v. ITASCA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
• 368 U.S. 351 (1961), SEYMOUR v. SUPERINTENDENT OF WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY
• 248 U.S. 78 (1918), ALASKA PACIFIC FISHERIES v. UNITED STATES
• 437 U.S. 634 (1977), UNITED STATES v. JOHN et al.
• 118 U.S. 375 (1885), UNITED STATES v. KAGAMA & ANOTHER, INDIANS

Case Cited In

• 510 U.S. 399 (1993), ROBERT HAGEN v. UTAH
• 541 U.S. 193 (2003), UNITED STATES v. BILLY JO LARA