Inyo County, California, et al. v. Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony et al.

Decided May 19, 2003. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 02-281 · 538 U.S. 701 (2003) · Cited 123 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · 491 U.S. 58 (1989)
• Georgia v. Evans · 316 U.S. 159 (1942)
• Pfizer Inc. v. Government of India · 434 U.S. 308 (1978)
• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs. · 436 U.S. 658 (1978)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 465 U.S. 89 (1984)
• Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States Ex Rel. Stevens · 529 U.S. 765 (2000)
• Williams v. Lee · 358 U.S. 217 (1959)
• Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon · 473 U.S. 234 (1985)
• Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield · 490 U.S. 30 (1989)
• Brown v. Gardner · 513 U.S. 115 (1994)
• City of Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. · 435 U.S. 389 (1978)
• California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians · 480 U.S. 202 (1987)
• The Kansas Indians · 72 U.S. 737 (1867)
• United States v. Cleveland Indians Baseball Co. · 532 U.S. 200 (2001)
• Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians · 526 U.S. 172 (1999)
• Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Chickasaw Nation · 515 U.S. 450 (1995)

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