Menominee Tribe of Indians v. United States

Decided May 27, 1968. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 187 · 391 U.S. 404 (1968) · Cited 332 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–2.

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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.

• Shoshone Tribe of Indians v. United States · 299 U.S. 476 (1937)
• United States v. Winans · 198 U.S. 371 (1905)
• Squire v. Capoeman · 351 U.S. 1 (1956)
• Ward v. Race Horse · 163 U.S. 504 (1896)

Cited by

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

• South Carolina v. Catawba Indian Tribe, Inc. · 476 U.S. 498 (1986)
• Herrera v. Wyoming · 587 U.S. 329 (2019)
• Washington v. Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation · 439 U.S. 463 (1979)
• United States v. Dion · 476 U.S. 734 (1986)
• Bryan v. Itasca County · 426 U.S. 373 (1976)
• South Dakota v. Bourland · 508 U.S. 679 (1993)
• Affiliated Ute Citizens of Utah v. United States · 406 U.S. 128 (1972)
• Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation · 447 U.S. 134 (1980)
• Countyof Oneida v. Oneida Indian Nation of NY · 470 U.S. 226 (1985)
• Washington v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Assn. · 443 U.S. 658 (1979)
• New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe · 462 U.S. 324 (1983)
• United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians · 448 U.S. 371 (1980)
• Antoine v. Washington · 420 U.S. 194 (1975)
• Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians · 526 U.S. 172 (1999)
• Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Pueblo of Santa Ana · 472 U.S. 237 (1985)
• Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Franklin Mint Corp. · 466 U.S. 243 (1984)
• Hagen v. Utah · 510 U.S. 399 (1994)
• Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of Chehalis Reservation · 594 U.S. 338 (2021)

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