Affiliated Ute Citizens of Utah et al. v. United States et al.

Decided April 24, 1972. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 70-78 · 406 U.S. 128 (1972) · Cited 1,751 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–0.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Capital Gains Research Bureau, Inc. · 375 U.S. 180 (1963)
• United States v. Sherwood · 312 U.S. 584 (1941)
• Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co. · 396 U.S. 375 (1970)
• Bigelow v. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. · 327 U.S. 251 (1946)
• Superintendent of Insurance of New York v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co. · 404 U.S. 6 (1971)
• United States v. Kagama · 118 U.S. 375 (1886)
• Minnesota v. United States · 305 U.S. 382 (1939)
• Choate v. Trapp · 224 U.S. 665 (1912)
• Menominee Tribe of Indians v. United States · 391 U.S. 404 (1968)
• Malone v. Bowdoin · 369 U.S. 643 (1962)
• Coates v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 394 U.S. 976 (1969)

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• Chiarella v. United States · 445 U.S. 222 (1980)
• Randall v. Loftsgaarden · 478 U.S. 647 (1986)
• Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. · 552 U.S. 148 (2008)
• Lorenzo v. SEC. & Exch. Comm'n · 587 U.S. 71 (2019)
• Chadbourne & Parke LLP v. Troice · 571 U.S. 377 (2014)
• Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder · 425 U.S. 185 (1976)
• Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores · 421 U.S. 723 (1975)
• Piper v. Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. · 430 U.S. 1 (1977)
• Basic Inc. v. Levinson · 485 U.S. 224 (1988)
• Aaron v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 446 U.S. 680 (1980)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Zandford · 535 U.S. 813 (2002)
• TSC Industries, Inc. v. Northway, Inc. · 426 U.S. 438 (1976)
• Central Bank of Denver, N. A. v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, N. A. · 511 U.S. 164 (1994)
• Santa Fe Industries, Inc. v. Green · 430 U.S. 462 (1977)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Curran · 456 U.S. 353 (1982)
• United States v. Mottaz · 476 U.S. 834 (1986)
• Herman & MacLean v. Huddleston · 459 U.S. 375 (1983)
• Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilbertson · 501 U.S. 350 (1991)
• United Housing Foundation, Inc. v. Forman · 421 U.S. 837 (1975)
• Pinter v. Dahl · 486 U.S. 622 (1988)
• Dirks v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 463 U.S. 646 (1983)
• South Carolina v. Catawba Indian Tribe, Inc. · 476 U.S. 498 (1986)
• Musick, Peeler & Garrett v. Employers Ins. of Wausau · 508 U.S. 286 (1993)

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