United States v. Mazurie et al.

Decided January 21, 1975. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 73-1018 · 419 U.S. 544 (1975) · Cited 1,043 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• United States v. National Dairy Products Corp. · 372 U.S. 29 (1963)
• United States v. Kagama · 118 U.S. 375 (1886)
• Shoshone Tribe of Indians v. United States · 299 U.S. 476 (1937)
• Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan · 293 U.S. 388 (1935)
• Williams v. Lee · 358 U.S. 217 (1959)
• McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax Commission · 411 U.S. 164 (1973)
• United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. · 299 U.S. 304 (1936)
• Seymour v. Superintendent of Washington State Penitentiary · 368 U.S. 351 (1962)
• United States v. Vuitch · 402 U.S. 62 (1971)
• United States v. Holliday · 70 U.S. 407 (1866)
• United States v. Nice · 241 U.S. 591 (1916)
• United States v. Forty-Three Gallons of Whiskey · 93 U.S. 188 (1876)

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• Johnson v. United States · 576 U.S. 591 (2015)
• Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe · 455 U.S. 130 (1982)
• Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation · 447 U.S. 134 (1980)
• Industrial Union Dept., AFL-CIO v. American Petroleum Institute · 448 U.S. 607 (1980)
• Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez · 436 U.S. 49 (1978)
• White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker · 448 U.S. 136 (1980)
• Bryan v. Itasca County · 426 U.S. 373 (1976)
• DeCoteau v. District County Court for the Tenth Judicial District · 420 U.S. 425 (1975)
• New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe · 462 U.S. 324 (1983)
• Duro v. Reina · 495 U.S. 676 (1990)
• Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. · 455 U.S. 489 (1982)
• Kolender v. Lawson · 461 U.S. 352 (1983)
• Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc. · 531 U.S. 457 (2001)
• Maynard v. Cartwright · 486 U.S. 356 (1988)
• United States v. Wheeler · 435 U.S. 313 (1978)
• Moe v. Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation · 425 U.S. 463 (1976)
• National Farmers Union Insurance v. Crow Tribe of Indians · 471 U.S. 845 (1985)
• California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians · 480 U.S. 202 (1987)
• Iowa Mutual Insurance v. LaPlante · 480 U.S. 9 (1987)
• United States v. Powell · 423 U.S. 87 (1975)
• Washington v. Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation · 439 U.S. 463 (1979)
• Nevada v. Hicks · 533 U.S. 353 (2001)
• Loving v. United States · 517 U.S. 748 (1996)
• United States v. Antelope · 430 U.S. 641 (1977)
• Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kneip · 430 U.S. 584 (1977)
• Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C. · 476 U.S. 877 (1986)
• Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle Co. · 554 U.S. 316 (2008)
• BRENDALE v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION Et Al. · 492 U.S. 408 (1989)
• South Dakota v. Bourland · 508 U.S. 679 (1993)

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