Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta

Decided June 29, 2022. Brett M. Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 21-429 · 597 U.S. 629 (2022) · Cited 147 times

Holding

The Federal Government and the State have concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute crimes committed by non-Indians against Indians in 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. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

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.

• White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker · 448 U.S. 136 (1980)
• Organized Village of Kake v. Egan · 369 U.S. 60 (1962)
• Donnelly v. United States · 228 U.S. 243 (1913)
• United States v. McBratney · 104 U.S. 621 (1882)
• McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax Commission · 411 U.S. 164 (1973)
• United States v. Kagama · 118 U.S. 375 (1886)
• Nevada v. Hicks · 533 U.S. 353 (2001)
• Draper v. United States · 164 U.S. 240 (1896)
• Williams v. Lee · 358 U.S. 217 (1959)
• Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez · 436 U.S. 49 (1978)
• County of Yakima v. Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation · 502 U.S. 251 (1992)
• Williams v. United States · 327 U.S. 711 (1946)
• Talton v. Mayes · 163 U.S. 376 (1896)
• Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation · 447 U.S. 134 (1980)
• Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc. · 582 U.S. 79 (2017)
• Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community · 572 U.S. 782 (2014)
• Muniz v. Hoffman · 422 U.S. 454 (1975)
• Cotton Petroleum Corp. v. New Mexico · 490 U.S. 163 (1989)
• Surplus Trading Co. v. Cook · 281 U.S. 647 (1930)
• New York Ex Rel. Ray v. Martin · 326 U.S. 496 (1946)
• Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · 331 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Alexander v. Sandoval · 532 U.S. 275 (2001)
• Central Bank of Denver, N. A. v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, N. A. · 511 U.S. 164 (1994)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• United States v. Wheeler · 435 U.S. 313 (1978)
• United States Railroad Retirement Board v. Fritz · 449 U.S. 166 (1980)
• United States v. Mazurie · 419 U.S. 544 (1975)
• Magwood v. Patterson · 561 U.S. 320 (2010)
• Moe v. Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation · 425 U.S. 463 (1976)
• Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Citizen Band of Potawatomi Tribe of Okla. · 498 U.S. 505 (1991)

Cited by

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

• Glossip v. Oklahoma · 604 U.S. 226 (2025)

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