Robert Hagen v. Utah

Decided February 23, 1994. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 92-6281 · 510 U.S. 399 (1994) · Cited 177 times

Holding

Because the Uintah Reservation has been diminished by Congress, the town of Myton is not in Indian country and the Utah courts properly exercised criminal jurisdiction over petitioner.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Solem v. Bartlett · 465 U.S. 463 (1984)
• Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kneip · 430 U.S. 584 (1977)
• DeCoteau v. District County Court for the Tenth Judicial District · 420 U.S. 425 (1975)
• Mattz v. Arnett · 412 U.S. 481 (1973)
• Seymour v. Superintendent of Washington State Penitentiary · 368 U.S. 351 (1962)
• Montana v. Blackfeet Tribe of Indians · 471 U.S. 759 (1985)
• Choate v. Trapp · 224 U.S. 665 (1912)
• Carpenter v. Shaw · 280 U.S. 363 (1930)
• Countyof Oneida v. Oneida Indian Nation of NY · 470 U.S. 226 (1985)
• United States v. Santa Fe Pacific Railroad · 314 U.S. 339 (1942)
• United States v. Celestine · 215 U.S. 278 (1909)
• Choctaw Nation v. Oklahoma · 397 U.S. 620 (1970)
• United States v. Pelican · 232 U.S. 442 (1914)
• Newhall v. Sanger · 92 U.S. 761 (1876)
• Sioux Tribe of Indians v. United States · 316 U.S. 317 (1942)
• Amoco Production Co. v. Village of Gambell · 480 U.S. 531 (1987)
• United States v. Philadelphia National Bank · 374 U.S. 321 (1963)
• Yee v. City of Escondido · 503 U.S. 519 (1992)
• McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax Commission · 411 U.S. 164 (1973)
• United States v. Kagama · 118 U.S. 375 (1886)
• Bryan v. Itasca County · 426 U.S. 373 (1976)
• Washington v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Assn. · 443 U.S. 658 (1979)
• Washington v. Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation · 439 U.S. 463 (1979)
• Winters v. United States · 207 U.S. 564 (1908)
• Negonsott v. Samuels · 507 U.S. 99 (1993)
• Menominee Tribe of Indians v. United States · 391 U.S. 404 (1968)
• County of Yakima v. Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation · 502 U.S. 251 (1992)
• Jones v. Meehan · 175 U.S. 1 (1899)
• Squire v. Capoeman · 351 U.S. 1 (1956)
• Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation · 362 U.S. 99 (1960)

Cited by

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

• South Dakota v. Yankton Sioux Tribe · 522 U.S. 329 (1998)
• City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of NY · 544 U.S. 197 (2005)
• Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. United States Army Corps of Engineers · 531 U.S. 159 (2001)
• Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government · 522 U.S. 520 (1998)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1994). 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).