DONALD L. CARCIERI, GOVERNOR OF RHODE ISLAND, et al. v. KEN L. SALAZAR, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al.

Citation

555 U.S. 379 (2008)

Decision : 6-3

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 | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• John Roberts | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Stevens | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• Ruth Ginsburg | dissent

• Samuel Alito | voted with the majority or plurality

• Stephen Breyer | concurrence , justice wrote an opinion

Categories

• Canons of Construction
• Domestic Dependent Nations
• Indian Agents/Administrative law
• Indian Reorganization Act
• Indianness/Identity
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 463 U.S. 206 (1982), UNITED STATES v. MITCHELL et al.
• 502 U.S. 251 (1991), COUNTY OF YAKIMA, et al. v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION
• 471 U.S. 759 (1984), MONTANA et al. v. BLACKFEET TRIBE OF INDIANS
• 31 U.S. 515 (1832), SAMUEL A. WORCESTER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
• 411 U.S. 145 (1972), MESCALERO APACHE TRIBE v. JONES, COMMISSIONER, BUREAU OF REVENUE OF NEW MEXICO, et al.
• 231 U.S. 28 (1913), UNITED STATES v. SANDOVAL
• 417 U.S. 535 (1973), MORTON, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. MANCARI et al.
• 532 U.S. 645 (2000), ATKINSON TRADING COMPANY, INC. v. JOE SHIRLEY, JR., et al.

Case Cited In

• 567 U.S. 209 (2011), MATCH-E-BE-NASH-SHE-WISH BAND OF POTTAWATOMI INDIANS v. PATCHAK
• 583 U.S. 244 (2017), PATCHAK v. ZINKE