United States v. Antelope et al.

Decided April 19, 1977. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 75-661 · 430 U.S. 641 (1977) · Cited 312 times

Holding

Respondent Indians were not deprived of the equal protection of the laws.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Morton v. Mancari · 417 U.S. 535 (1974)
• Fisher v. District Court of the Sixteenth Judicial District of Montana · 424 U.S. 382 (1976)
• Keeble v. United States · 412 U.S. 205 (1973)
• Seymour v. Superintendent of Washington State Penitentiary · 368 U.S. 351 (1962)
• United States v. McBratney · 104 U.S. 621 (1882)
• United States v. Mazurie · 419 U.S. 544 (1975)
• Williams v. Lee · 358 U.S. 217 (1959)
• McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax Commission · 411 U.S. 164 (1973)
• United States v. Kagama · 118 U.S. 375 (1886)
• Puyallup Tribe v. Department of Game of Wash. · 391 U.S. 392 (1968)
• Surplus Trading Co. v. Cook · 281 U.S. 647 (1930)
• United States v. Holliday · 70 U.S. 407 (1866)

Cited by

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

• Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl · 570 U.S. 637 (2013)
• United States v. Wheeler · 435 U.S. 313 (1978)
• Rice v. Cayetano · 528 U.S. 495 (2000)
• Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation · 447 U.S. 134 (1980)
• Washington v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Assn. · 443 U.S. 658 (1979)
• Duro v. Reina · 495 U.S. 676 (1990)
• South Carolina v. Catawba Indian Tribe, Inc. · 476 U.S. 498 (1986)
• Haaland v. Brackeen · 599 U.S. 255 (2023)

Official text

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