LEWIS v. CLARKE

Citation

581 U.S. 155 (2016)

Decision : 8-0

Justices Participating

• John Roberts | voted with majority or plurality

• Anthony Kennedy | voted with majority or plurality

• Clarence Thomas | special concurrence , justice wrote an opinion

• Ruth Ginsburg | special concurrence , justice wrote an opinion

• Stephen Breyer | voted with majority or plurality

• Samuel Alito | voted with majority or plurality

• Sonia Sotomayor | voted with majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Elena Kagan | voted with majority or plurality

• Neil Gorsuch | did not vote

Categories

• Contracts
• Sovereign immunity
• U.S. Constitution

Cited Cases

• 572 U.S. 782 (2013), MICHIGAN v. BAY MILLS INDIAN COMMUNITY
• 501 U.S. 775 (1990), EDGAR BLATCHFORD, COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS OF ALASKA v. NATIVE VILLAGE OF NOATAK AND CIRCLE VILLAGE
• 523 U.S. 751 (1997), KIOWA TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA v. MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.