National Credit Union Administration v. First National Bank & Trust Co. et al.

Decided February 25, 1998. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 96-843 · 522 U.S. 479 (1998) · Cited 369 times

Holding

The Tribe’s land is not “Indian country.”

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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.

• Clarke v. Securities Industry Assn. · 479 U.S. 388 (1987)
• Air Courier Conference of America v. American Postal Workers Union · 498 U.S. 517 (1991)
• Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation · 497 U.S. 871 (1990)
• Bennett v. Spear · 520 U.S. 154 (1997)
• Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · 397 U.S. 150 (1970)
• Arnold Tours, Inc. v. Camp · 400 U.S. 45 (1970)
• Investment Company Institute v. Camp · 401 U.S. 617 (1971)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• Block v. Community Nutrition Institute · 467 U.S. 340 (1984)
• Nationsbank of North Carolina, N. A. v. Variable Annuity Life Insurance · 513 U.S. 251 (1995)
• Hardin v. Kentucky Utilities Co. · 390 U.S. 1 (1968)
• Wisconsin Department of Revenue v. William Wrigley, Jr., Co. · 505 U.S. 214 (1992)

Cited by

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

• FDA v. R. J. Reynolds Vapor Co. · 606 U.S. 226 (2025)
• Jones v. Bock · 549 U.S. 199 (2007)
• Federal Election Commission v. Akins · 524 U.S. 11 (1998)
• FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine · 602 U.S. 367 (2024)
• Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors · 603 U.S. 799 (2024)
• Pugin v. Garland · 599 U.S. 600 (2023)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1998). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).