Nevada, et al. v. Floyd Hicks, et al.
Decided June 25, 2001. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 99-1994 · 533 U.S. 353 (2001) · Cited 439 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 9–0.
Majority · 2
- Antonin Scalia · delivered the opinion of the Court
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
Concurring · 7
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- Clarence Thomas
- David Hackett Souter · filed a concurring opinion
- John Paul Stevens · filed a concurring opinion
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg · filed a concurring opinion
- Sandra Day O'Connor · filed a concurring opinion
- Stephen Gerald Breyer
“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.
- Montana v. United States · 450 U.S. 544 (1981)
- Strate v. A-1 Contractors · 520 U.S. 438 (1997)
- National Farmers Union Insurance v. Crow Tribe of Indians · 471 U.S. 845 (1985)
- Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe · 435 U.S. 191 (1978)
- Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe · 455 U.S. 130 (1982)
- El Paso Natural Gas Co. v. Neztsosie · 526 U.S. 473 (1999)
- Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation · 447 U.S. 134 (1980)
- Atkinson Trading Co. v. Shirley · 532 U.S. 645 (2001)
- Iowa Mutual Insurance v. LaPlante · 480 U.S. 9 (1987)
- South Dakota v. Bourland · 508 U.S. 679 (1993)
- Williams v. Lee · 358 U.S. 217 (1959)
- BRENDALE v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION Et Al. · 492 U.S. 408 (1989)
- United States v. Kagama · 118 U.S. 375 (1886)
- White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker · 448 U.S. 136 (1980)
- Duro v. Reina · 495 U.S. 676 (1990)
- Harlow v. Fitzgerald · 457 U.S. 800 (1982)
- Anderson v. Creighton · 483 U.S. 635 (1987)
- United States v. Wheeler · 435 U.S. 313 (1978)
- Tafflin v. Levitt · 493 U.S. 455 (1990)
- Organized Village of Kake v. Egan · 369 U.S. 60 (1962)
- Cotton Petroleum Corp. v. New Mexico · 490 U.S. 163 (1989)
- Rice v. Rehner · 463 U.S. 713 (1983)
- Mitchell v. Forsyth · 472 U.S. 511 (1985)
- Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez · 436 U.S. 49 (1978)
- Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights Organization · 441 U.S. 600 (1979)
- California v. Acevedo · 500 U.S. 565 (1991)
- Idaho v. Coeur D'Alene Tribe of Idaho · 521 U.S. 261 (1997)
- United States v. Mazurie · 419 U.S. 544 (1975)
- Mescalero Apache Tribe v. Jones · 411 U.S. 145 (1973)
- Gulf Offshore Co. v. Mobil Oil Corp. · 453 U.S. 473 (1981)
Cited by
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- Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle Co. · 554 U.S. 316 (2008)
- Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community · 572 U.S. 782 (2014)
- Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta · 597 U.S. 629 (2022)
- Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo · 603 U.S. 369 (2024)
- United States v. Cooley · 593 U.S. 345 (2021)
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