CITY OF SHERRILL, NEW YORK v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK, et al.

Citation

544 U.S. 197 (2004)

Decision : 8-1

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 | concurrence , justice wrote an opinion

• John Stevens | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• 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

• Doctrine of Discovery
• Domestic Dependent Nations
• Indian Country
• Indianness/Identity
• Laches (statute of limitations)
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Plenary Power
• Sovereign immunity
• States/Authority of states
• Taxes
• Treaties

Cited Cases

• 414 U.S. 661 (1973), ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK et al. v. COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al.
• 520 U.S. 438 (1996), 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
• 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.
• 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.
• 145 U.S. 317 (1891), FELIX v. PATRICK
• 510 U.S. 399 (1993), ROBERT HAGEN v. UTAH
• 272 U.S. 351 (1926), YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 470 U.S. 226 (1984), COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, et al. v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK STATE et al.
• 170 U.S. 1 (1897), NEW YORK INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 524 U.S. 103 (1997), CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, et al. v. LEECH LAKE BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS
• 465 U.S. 463 (1983), SOLEM, WARDEN, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE PENITENTIARY, et al. v. BARTLETT
• 430 U.S. 584 (1976), ROSEBUD SIOUX TRIBE v. KNEIP, GOVERNOR OF SOUTH DAKOTA, et al.
• 522 U.S. 329 (1997), SOUTH DAKOTA v. YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE et al.
• 72 U.S. 737 (1866), THE KANSAS INDIANS: THE CASE OF THE SHAWNEE TRIBE
• 532 U.S. 645 (2000), ATKINSON TRADING COMPANY, INC. v. JOE SHIRLEY, JR., et al.

Case Cited In

• 577 U.S. 481 (2015), NEBRASKA v. PARKER