WILLIAM STRATE, ASSOCIATE TRIBAL JUDGE, TRIBAL COURT OF THE THREE AFFILIATED TRIBES OF THE FORT BERTHOLD INDIAN RESERVATION, et al. v. A-1 CONTRACTORS AND LYLE STOCKERT

Citation

520 U.S. 438 (1996)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Ruth Ginsburg

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 | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Stevens | voted with the majority or plurality

• Ruth Ginsburg | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

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

• Stephen Breyer | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Rehnquist | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Civil jurisdiction
• Domestic Dependent Nations
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• States/Authority of states
• Tribal citizenship
• Tribal courts
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 480 U.S. 9 (1986), IOWA MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. v. LAPLANTE et al.
• 508 U.S. 679 (1992), SOUTH DAKOTA v. GREGG BOURLAND, ETC., et al.
• 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.
• 471 U.S. 845 (1984), NATIONAL FARMERS UNION INSURANCE COS. et al. v. CROW TRIBE OF INDIANS et al.
• 435 U.S. 191 (1977), OLIPHANT v. SUQUAMISH INDIAN TRIBE et al.
• 169 U.S. 264 (1897), THOMAS v. GAY.
• 358 U.S. 217 (1958), WILLIAMS et ux. v. LEE, DOING BUSINESS AS GANADO TRADING POST
• 194 U.S. 384 (1903), MORRIS v. HITCHCOCK
• 450 U.S. 544 (1980), MONTANA et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.
• 492 U.S. 408 (1988), PHILIP BRENDALE v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION et al.
• 200 U.S. 118 (1905), MONTANA CATHOLIC MISSIONS v. MISSOULA COUNTY
• 447 U.S. 134 (1979), WASHINGTON et al. v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION et al.
• 424 U.S. 382 (1975), FISHER v. DISTRICT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF MONTANA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ROSEBUD

Case Cited In

• 532 U.S. 645 (2000), ATKINSON TRADING COMPANY, INC. v. JOE SHIRLEY, JR., et al.
• 533 U.S. 353 (2000), NEVADA, et al. v. FLOYD HICKS, et al.
• 541 U.S. 193 (2003), UNITED STATES v. BILLY JO LARA
• 544 U.S. 197 (2004), CITY OF SHERRILL, NEW YORK v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK, et al.
• 554 U.S. 316 (2007), PLAINS COMMERCE BANK v. LONG FAMILY LAND & CATTLE CO.