Antoine et Ux. v. Washington

Decided February 19, 1975. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 73-717 · 420 U.S. 194 (1975) · Cited 267 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Choate v. Trapp · 224 U.S. 665 (1912)
• United States v. Winans · 198 U.S. 371 (1905)
• Puyallup Tribe v. Department of Game of Wash. · 391 U.S. 392 (1968)
• Morton v. Ruiz · 415 U.S. 199 (1974)
• Morton v. Mancari · 417 U.S. 535 (1974)
• Seymour v. Superintendent of Washington State Penitentiary · 368 U.S. 351 (1962)
• Department of Game of Wash. v. Puyallup Tribe · 414 U.S. 44 (1973)
• United States v. Kagama · 118 U.S. 375 (1886)
• Menominee Tribe of Indians v. United States · 391 U.S. 404 (1968)
• Mattz v. Arnett · 412 U.S. 481 (1973)
• Seminole Nation v. United States · 316 U.S. 286 (1942)
• The Kansas Indians · 72 U.S. 737 (1867)
• Tulee v. Washington · 315 U.S. 681 (1942)
• Matter of Heff · 197 U.S. 488 (1905)
• Lacoste v. Department of Conservation of Louisiana · 263 U.S. 545 (1924)

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• Herrera v. Wyoming · 587 U.S. 329 (2019)
• Haaland v. Brackeen · 599 U.S. 255 (2023)
• Washington v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Assn. · 443 U.S. 658 (1979)
• Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians · 526 U.S. 172 (1999)
• Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez · 436 U.S. 49 (1978)
• Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation · 447 U.S. 134 (1980)
• Bryan v. Itasca County · 426 U.S. 373 (1976)
• Blatchford v. Native Village of Noatak · 501 U.S. 775 (1991)
• United States v. John · 437 U.S. 634 (1978)
• United States v. Dion · 476 U.S. 734 (1986)
• Hagen v. Utah · 510 U.S. 399 (1994)
• South Carolina v. Catawba Indian Tribe, Inc. · 476 U.S. 498 (1986)
• Delaware Tribal Business Committee v. Weeks · 430 U.S. 73 (1977)

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