SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA v. FLORIDA et al.

Citation

517 U.S. 44 (1995)

Decision : 5-4

Majority Opinion: William Rehnquist

Justices Participating

• Anthony Kennedy | voted with the majority or plurality

• Antonin Scalia | voted with the majority or plurality

• Clarence Thomas | voted with the majority or plurality

• David Souter | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• John Stevens | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• Ruth Ginsburg | dissent

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

• Stephen Breyer | dissent

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

Categories

• Commerce Clause
• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Indian Gaming Regulatory Act/gaming
• Plenary Power
• Sovereign immunity
• States/Authority of states
• U.S. Constitution

Cited Cases

• 501 U.S. 775 (1990), EDGAR BLATCHFORD, COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS OF ALASKA v. NATIVE VILLAGE OF NOATAK AND CIRCLE VILLAGE
• 462 U.S. 324 (1982), NEW MEXICO et al. v. MESCALERO APACHE TRIBE
• 411 U.S. 164 (1972), MCCLANAHAN v. ARIZONA STATE TAX COMMISSION
• 324 U.S. 786 (1944), RICE v. OLSON, WARDEN
• 118 U.S. 375 (1885), UNITED STATES v. KAGAMA & ANOTHER, INDIANS
• 31 U.S. 515 (1832), SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 470 U.S. 226 (1984), COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al. v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK STATE et al.
• 72 U.S. 761 (1866), THE NEW YORK INDIANS
• 480 U.S. 202 (1986), CALIFORNIA et al. v. CABAZON BAND OF MISSION INDIANS et al.
• 60 U.S. 393 (1856), DRED SCOTT, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN F. A. SANDFORD

Case Cited In

• 521 U.S. 261 (1996), IDAHO, et al. v. COEUR D’ALENE TRIBE OF IDAHO, ETC., et al.
• 523 U.S. 751 (1997), KIOWA TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA v. MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
• 572 U.S. 782 (2013), MICHIGAN v. BAY MILLS INDIAN COMMUNITY