Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C., et al.

Decided May 29, 1984. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 82-629 · 467 U.S. 138 (1984) · Cited 284 times

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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.

• Williams v. Lee · 358 U.S. 217 (1959)
• Washington v. Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation · 439 U.S. 463 (1979)
• Fisher v. District Court of the Sixteenth Judicial District of Montana · 424 U.S. 382 (1976)
• McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax Commission · 411 U.S. 164 (1973)
• Kennerly v. District Court of the Ninth Judicial District of Montana · 400 U.S. 423 (1971)
• Michigan v. Long · 463 U.S. 1032 (1983)
• Perkins v. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co. · 342 U.S. 437 (1952)
• White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker · 448 U.S. 136 (1980)
• Bryan v. Itasca County · 426 U.S. 373 (1976)
• Standard Oil Co. of Cal. v. Johnson · 316 U.S. 481 (1942)
• Arizona v. San Carlos Apache Tribe of Ariz. · 463 U.S. 545 (1983)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• Whalen v. United States · 445 U.S. 684 (1980)
• Alexander v. Louisiana · 405 U.S. 625 (1972)
• Leroy v. Great Western United Corp. · 443 U.S. 173 (1979)
• New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe · 462 U.S. 324 (1983)
• Organized Village of Kake v. Egan · 369 U.S. 60 (1962)
• Red Cross Line v. Atlantic Fruit Co. · 264 U.S. 109 (1924)
• United States v. Candelaria · 271 U.S. 432 (1926)
• Ramah Navajo School Bd., Inc. v. Bureau of Revenue of NM · 458 U.S. 832 (1982)
• San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · 353 U.S. 26 (1957)
• Black v. Cutter Laboratories · 351 U.S. 292 (1956)

Cited by

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

• Foster v. Chatman · 578 U.S. 488 (2016)
• Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C. · 476 U.S. 877 (1986)
• Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District · 509 U.S. 1 (1993)
• City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. · 473 U.S. 432 (1985)
• City of Chicago v. International College of Surgeons · 522 U.S. 156 (1997)
• American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. Sullivan · 526 U.S. 40 (1999)
• Rust v. Sullivan · 500 U.S. 173 (1991)
• Boumediene v. Bush · 553 U.S. 723 (2008)
• Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Assn. · 485 U.S. 439 (1988)
• Hicks Ex Rel. Feiock v. Feiock · 485 U.S. 624 (1988)
• Jean v. Nelson · 472 U.S. 846 (1985)
• Webster v. Reproductive Health Services · 492 U.S. 490 (1989)
• Republic National Bank of Miami v. United States · 506 U.S. 80 (1992)
• Ohio v. Reiner · 532 U.S. 17 (2001)
• Agency for Int'l Development v. Alliance for Open Society · 591 U.S. 430 (2020)

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