ADOPTIVE COUPLE v. BABY GIRL

Citation

570 U.S. 637 (2012)

Decision : 5-4

Majority Opinion: Samuel Alito

Justices Participating

• Anthony Kennedy | voted with the majority or plurality

• Antonin Scalia | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• Clarence Thomas | concurrence

• Elena Kagan | dissent

• John Roberts | voted with the majority or plurality

• Ruth Ginsburg | dissent

• Samuel Alito | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Stephen Breyer | concurrence , justice wrote an opinion

• Sonia Sotomayor | dissent

Categories

• Commerce Clause
• Indian Child Welfare Act
• Indianness/Identity
• Plenary Power
• States/Authority of states
• U.S. Constitution

Cited Cases

• 490 U.S. 30 (1988), MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS v. HOLYFIELD et al.
• 430 U.S. 641 (1976), UNITED STATES v. ANTELOPE et al.
• 417 U.S. 535 (1973), MORTON, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al. v. MANCARI et al.
• 436 U.S. 49 (1977), SANTA CLARA PUEBLO et al. v. MARTINEZ et al.

Case Cited In

• 579 U.S. 140 (2015), UNITED STATES v. BRYANT