Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community

Decided May 27, 2014. Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 12-515 · 572 U.S. 782 (2014) · Cited 477 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Citizen Band of Potawatomi Tribe of Okla. · 498 U.S. 505 (1991)
• Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. · 523 U.S. 751 (1998)
• Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez · 436 U.S. 49 (1978)
• Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Republic of Cuba · 425 U.S. 682 (1976)
• Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida · 517 U.S. 44 (1996)
• National Metropolitan Bank v. United States · 323 U.S. 454 (1945)
• Payne v. Tennessee · 501 U.S. 808 (1991)
• Patterson v. McLean Credit Union · 491 U.S. 164 (1989)
• United States v. Wheeler · 435 U.S. 313 (1978)
• Johnson v. Transportation Agency, Santa Clara Cty. · 480 U.S. 616 (1987)
• Nevada v. Hicks · 533 U.S. 353 (2001)
• Girouard v. United States · 328 U.S. 61 (1946)
• C & L Enterprises Inc. v. Citizen Band Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Oklahoma · 532 U.S. 411 (2001)
• Arizona v. Rumsey · 467 U.S. 203 (1984)
• Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc. · 551 U.S. 877 (2007)
• Nevada v. Hall · 440 U.S. 410 (1979)
• Republic of Austria v. Altmann · 541 U.S. 677 (2004)
• Puyallup Tribe, Inc. v. Department of Game of Washington · 433 U.S. 165 (1977)
• County of Yakima v. Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation · 502 U.S. 251 (1992)
• Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C. · 476 U.S. 877 (1986)
• Thomas v. Gay · 169 U.S. 264 (1898)
• United States v. Lara · 541 U.S. 193 (2004)
• Alden v. Maine · 527 U.S. 706 (1999)
• Banco Nacional De Cuba v. Sabbatino · 376 U.S. 398 (1964)
• Pearson v. Callahan · 555 U.S. 223 (2009)
• Verizon Maryland Inc. v. Public Service Commission of Maryland · 535 U.S. 635 (2002)
• Vasquez v. Hillery · 474 U.S. 254 (1986)
• Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents · 528 U.S. 62 (2000)
• College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board · 527 U.S. 666 (1999)
• New York v. United States · 505 U.S. 144 (1992)

Cited by

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

• Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin · 599 U.S. 382 (2023)
• Lewis v. Clarke · 581 U.S. 155 (2017)
• Kisor v. Wilkie · 588 U.S. 558 (2019)
• Financial Oversight and Management Bd. for P. R. v. Centro De Periodismo Investigativo, Inc. · 598 U.S. 339 (2023)
• Knick v. Township of Scott · 588 U.S. 180 (2019)
• Allen v. Cooper · 589 U.S. 248 (2020)
• King v. Burwell · 576 U.S. 473 (2015)
• Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo · 603 U.S. 369 (2024)
• Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC · 576 U.S. 466 (2015)
• Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta · 597 U.S. 629 (2022)
• Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle · 579 U.S. 59 (2016)
• Haaland v. Brackeen · 599 U.S. 255 (2023)
• West Virginia v. EPA · 597 U.S. 697 (2022)
• SEC v. Jarkesy · 603 U.S. 109 (2024)
• United States v. Cooley · 593 U.S. 345 (2021)

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