County of Oneida, New York, et al. v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York State et al.

Decided March 4, 1985. Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 83-1065 · 470 U.S. 226 (1985) · Cited 600 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Oneida Indian Nation v. County of Oneida · 414 U.S. 661 (1974)
• United States v. Santa Fe Pacific Railroad · 314 U.S. 339 (1942)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 465 U.S. 89 (1984)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• Edelman v. Jordan · 415 U.S. 651 (1974)
• Holmberg v. Armbrecht · 327 U.S. 392 (1946)
• Occidental Life Insurance v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 432 U.S. 355 (1977)
• Employees of Department of Public Health v. Department of Public Health · 411 U.S. 279 (1973)
• City of Milwaukee v. Illinois · 451 U.S. 304 (1981)
• Wilson v. Omaha Indian Tribe · 442 U.S. 653 (1979)
• Prevost v. Gratz · 19 U.S. 481 (1821)
• Adams v. Woods · 6 U.S. 336 (1805)
• United States v. Nixon · 418 U.S. 683 (1974)
• DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters · 462 U.S. 151 (1983)
• Powell v. McCormack · 395 U.S. 486 (1969)
• Steffel v. Thompson · 415 U.S. 452 (1974)
• Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · 421 U.S. 454 (1975)
• Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger · 437 U.S. 365 (1978)
• Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill · 437 U.S. 153 (1978)
• Arizona v. California · 460 U.S. 605 (1983)
• Morton v. Mancari · 417 U.S. 535 (1974)
• Weinberger v. Romero-Barcelo · 456 U.S. 305 (1982)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• Middlesex County Sewerage Authority v. National Sea Clammers Assn. · 453 U.S. 1 (1981)
• Hecht Co. v. Bowles · 321 U.S. 321 (1944)
• McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax Commission · 411 U.S. 164 (1973)
• United States v. Kagama · 118 U.S. 375 (1886)
• Robertson v. Wegmann · 436 U.S. 584 (1978)
• Moe v. Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation · 425 U.S. 463 (1976)
• Parden v. Terminal Railway of Alabama State Docks Department · 377 U.S. 184 (1964)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of NY · 544 U.S. 197 (2005)
• Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. · 572 U.S. 663 (2014)
• South Carolina v. Catawba Indian Tribe, Inc. · 476 U.S. 498 (1986)
• Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida · 517 U.S. 44 (1996)
• Welch v. Texas Department of Highways & Public Transportation · 483 U.S. 468 (1987)
• Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Pueblo of Santa Ana · 472 U.S. 237 (1985)
• SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC · 580 U.S. 328 (2017)
• Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co. · 491 U.S. 1 (1989)
• United States v. Mottaz · 476 U.S. 834 (1986)
• Alabama v. North Carolina · 560 U.S. 330 (2010)
• Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Chickasaw Nation · 515 U.S. 450 (1995)
• Hagen v. Utah · 510 U.S. 399 (1994)
• Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon · 473 U.S. 234 (1985)
• Idaho v. Coeur D'Alene Tribe of Idaho · 521 U.S. 261 (1997)
• National Farmers Union Insurance v. Crow Tribe of Indians · 471 U.S. 845 (1985)
• Montana v. Blackfeet Tribe of Indians · 471 U.S. 759 (1985)
• Chickasaw Nation v. United States · 534 U.S. 84 (2001)
• South Dakota v. Bourland · 508 U.S. 679 (1993)
• Arizona v. Navajo Nation · 599 U.S. 555 (2023)

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