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

Decided June 16, 1986. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 84-1973 · 476 U.S. 877 (1986) · Cited 243 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C. · 467 U.S. 138 (1984)
• Rice v. Rehner · 463 U.S. 713 (1983)
• 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)
• Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez · 436 U.S. 49 (1978)
• Williams v. Lee · 358 U.S. 217 (1959)
• White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker · 448 U.S. 136 (1980)
• Washington v. Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation · 439 U.S. 463 (1979)
• New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe · 462 U.S. 324 (1983)
• Fisher v. District Court of the Sixteenth Judicial District of Montana · 424 U.S. 382 (1976)
• Illinois v. Gates · 462 U.S. 213 (1983)
• City of Oklahoma v. Tuttle · 471 U.S. 808 (1985)
• California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited · 404 U.S. 508 (1972)
• Richards v. United States · 369 U.S. 1 (1962)
• Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp. · 464 U.S. 238 (1984)
• United States v. Mazurie · 419 U.S. 544 (1975)
• Bill Johnson's Restaurants, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 461 U.S. 731 (1983)
• Heath v. Alabama · 474 U.S. 82 (1985)
• United States v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · 309 U.S. 506 (1940)
• Bryan v. Itasca County · 426 U.S. 373 (1976)
• Burks v. Lasker · 441 U.S. 471 (1979)
• Warren Trading Post Co. v. Arizona Tax Commission · 380 U.S. 685 (1965)
• United States v. Quiver · 241 U.S. 602 (1916)

Cited by

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

• Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. · 523 U.S. 751 (1998)
• Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community · 572 U.S. 782 (2014)
• Iowa Mutual Insurance v. LaPlante · 480 U.S. 9 (1987)
• Hemphill v. New York · 595 U.S. 140 (2022)

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