United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians et al.

Decided June 30, 1980. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 79-639 · 448 U.S. 371 (1980) · Cited 334 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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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. Klein · 80 U.S. 128 (1872)
• Pope v. United States · 323 U.S. 1 (1944)
• Shoshone Tribe of Indians v. United States · 299 U.S. 476 (1937)
• Glidden Co. v. Zdanok · 370 U.S. 530 (1962)
• United States v. Realty Co. · 163 U.S. 427 (1896)
• United States v. Creek Nation · 295 U.S. 103 (1935)
• Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States · 348 U.S. 272 (1955)
• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · 438 U.S. 104 (1978)
• Cherokee Nation v. Hitchcock · 187 U.S. 294 (1902)
• Cherokee Nation v. Southern Kansas Railway Co. · 135 U.S. 641 (1890)
• Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kneip · 430 U.S. 584 (1977)
• Delaware Tribal Business Committee v. Weeks · 430 U.S. 73 (1977)
• United States v. Klamath & Moadoc Tribes of Indians · 304 U.S. 119 (1938)
• Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore · 439 U.S. 322 (1979)
• Commissioner v. Sunnen · 333 U.S. 591 (1948)
• Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation · 402 U.S. 313 (1971)
• Yakus v. United States · 321 U.S. 414 (1944)
• Morton v. Mancari · 417 U.S. 535 (1974)
• Kaiser Aetna v. United States · 444 U.S. 164 (1979)
• Chicago & Southern Air Lines, Inc. v. Waterman Steamship Corp. · 333 U.S. 103 (1948)
• Monongahela Navigation Co. v. United States · 148 U.S. 312 (1893)
• Menominee Tribe of Indians v. United States · 391 U.S. 404 (1968)
• Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation · 362 U.S. 99 (1960)
• Johannessen v. United States · 225 U.S. 227 (1912)
• Williams v. United States · 289 U.S. 553 (1933)
• United States v. Shoshone Tribe of Indians · 304 U.S. 111 (1938)
• Hodges v. Snyder · 261 U.S. 600 (1923)
• United States v. Alcea Band of Tillamooks · 341 U.S. 48 (1951)

Cited by

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

• Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc. · 514 U.S. 211 (1995)
• Arizona v. California · 530 U.S. 392 (2000)
• Bank Markazi v. Peterson · 578 U.S. 212 (2016)
• Montana v. United States · 450 U.S. 544 (1981)
• United States v. Mitchell · 463 U.S. 206 (1983)
• Library of Congress v. Shaw · 478 U.S. 310 (1986)
• Countyof Oneida v. Oneida Indian Nation of NY · 470 U.S. 226 (1985)

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