CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, et al. v. LEECH LAKE BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS

Citation

524 U.S. 103 (1997)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Clarence Thomas

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 , justice wrote an opinion

• David Souter | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Stevens | voted with the majority or plurality

• Ruth Ginsburg | voted with the majority or plurality

• 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

• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Indian Reorganization Act
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• States/Authority of states
• Taxes
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 411 U.S. 145 (1972), MESCALERO APACHE TRIBE v. JONES, COMMISSIONER, BUREAU OF REVENUE OF NEW MEXICO, et al.
• 502 U.S. 251 (1991), COUNTY OF YAKIMA, et al. v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION
• 197 U.S. 488 (1904), MATTER OF HEFF
• 203 U.S. 146 (1906), GOUDY v. MEATH
• 471 U.S. 759 (1984), MONTANA et al. v. BLACKFEET TRIBE OF INDIANS

Case Cited In

• 544 U.S. 197 (2004), CITY OF SHERRILL, NEW YORK v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK, et al.
• 572 U.S. 782 (2013), MICHIGAN v. BAY MILLS INDIAN COMMUNITY