Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe
Decided June 6, 2024. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 23-250 · 602 U.S. 222 (2024) · Cited 3 times
Holding
The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act requires the Indian Health Service to pay the contract support costs that a tribe incurs when it collects and spends program income—i.e., revenue from third-party payers like Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers—to further the functions, services, activities, and programs transferred to it from IHS in a self-determination contract.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- John G. Roberts, Jr. · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Elena Kagan
- Neil M. Gorsuch
- Ketanji Brown Jackson
Dissenting · 4
- Clarence Thomas
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
- Brett M. Kavanaugh · filed a dissenting opinion
- Amy Coney Barrett
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).
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.
- Cherokee Nation of Okla. v. Leavitt · 543 U.S. 631 (2005)
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