Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 1996

Idaho, et al. v. Coeur D'Alene Tribe of Idaho, Etc., et al.

Decided June 23, 1997. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 94-1474 · 521 U.S. 261 (1997) · Cited 1,372 times

Holding

The judgment is reversed in part, and the case is remanded.

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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.

Edelman v. Jordan · 415 U.S. 651 (1974)
United States v. Lee · 106 U.S. 196 (1882)
Milliken v. Bradley · 433 U.S. 267 (1977)
Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 465 U.S. 89 (1984)
Tindal v. Wesley · 167 U.S. 204 (1897)
Florida Department of State v. Treasure Salvors, Inc. · 458 U.S. 670 (1982)
Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · 403 U.S. 388 (1971)
Quern v. Jordan · 440 U.S. 332 (1979)
Reagan v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. · 154 U.S. 362 (1894)
Larson v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp. · 337 U.S. 682 (1949)
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida · 517 U.S. 44 (1996)
Smyth v. Ames · 169 U.S. 466 (1898)
Osborn v. Bank of United States · 22 U.S. 738 (1824)
Green v. Mansour · 474 U.S. 64 (1985)
General Oil Co. v. Crain · 209 U.S. 211 (1908)
Papasan v. Allain · 478 U.S. 265 (1986)
Ford Motor Co. v. Department of Treasury · 323 U.S. 459 (1945)
Schweiker v. Chilicky · 487 U.S. 412 (1988)
Allen v. McCurry · 449 U.S. 90 (1980)
Pennsylvania v. Union Gas Co. · 491 U.S. 1 (1989)
Blatchford v. Native Village of Noatak · 501 U.S. 775 (1991)
Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · 491 U.S. 58 (1989)
Scheuer v. Rhodes · 416 U.S. 232 (1974)
Stone v. Powell · 428 U.S. 465 (1976)
Alabama v. Pugh · 438 U.S. 781 (1978)
Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon · 473 U.S. 234 (1985)
Patsy v. Board of Regents of Fla. · 457 U.S. 496 (1982)
Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer · 427 U.S. 445 (1976)
Brown v. Board of Education · 349 U.S. 294 (1955)
Martinez v. California · 444 U.S. 277 (1980)

Cited by

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Verizon Maryland Inc. v. Public Service Commission of Maryland · 535 U.S. 635 (2002)
City of Chicago v. International College of Surgeons · 522 U.S. 156 (1997)
Alden v. Maine · 527 U.S. 706 (1999)
Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. · 523 U.S. 751 (1998)
California v. Deep Sea Research, Inc. · 523 U.S. 491 (1998)
Wisconsin Department of Corrections v. Schacht · 524 U.S. 381 (1998)
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation v. Environmental Protection Agency · 540 U.S. 461 (2004)
Nevada v. Hicks · 533 U.S. 353 (2001)
Central Virginia Community College v. Katz · 546 U.S. 356 (2006)
Calderon v. Ashmus · 523 U.S. 740 (1998)
Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation v. Hood · 541 U.S. 440 (2004)

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