Upper Skagit Tribe v. Lundgren

Decided May 21, 2018. Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 17-387 · 584 U.S. 554 (2018) · Cited 43 times

Holding

County of Yakima v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of Yakima Nation, 502 U. S. 251, addressed only a question of statutory interpretation of the Indian General Allotment Act of 1887, not the question whether Indian tribes have sovereign immunity in in rem lawsuits.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

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.

• County of Yakima v. Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation · 502 U.S. 251 (1992)
• Caterpillar Inc. v. Lewis · 519 U.S. 61 (1996)
• Verlinden B. v. v. Central Bank of Nigeria · 461 U.S. 480 (1983)
• Ex Parte Republic of Peru · 318 U.S. 578 (1943)
• Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations v. City of New York · 551 U.S. 193 (2007)
• Moe v. Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation · 425 U.S. 463 (1976)
• Georgia v. City of Chattanooga · 264 U.S. 472 (1924)
• Ohio v. Robinette · 519 U.S. 33 (1996)
• Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez · 436 U.S. 49 (1978)
• Cutter v. Wilkinson · 544 U.S. 709 (2005)
• New York v. United States · 505 U.S. 144 (1992)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• United States v. Wheeler · 435 U.S. 313 (1978)
• Block v. North Dakota Ex Rel. Board of University & School Lands · 461 U.S. 273 (1983)
• Jones v. United States · 527 U.S. 373 (1999)
• Washington v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Assn. · 443 U.S. 658 (1979)
• Green v. Biddle · 21 U.S. 1 (1823)
• United States v. Fox · 94 U.S. 315 (1877)
• McCormick v. Sullivant · 23 U.S. 192 (1825)
• Matter of Heff · 197 U.S. 488 (1905)
• Republic of Mexico v. Hoffman · 324 U.S. 30 (1945)
• Thigpen v. Roberts · 468 U.S. 27 (1984)
• Willamette Iron Bridge Co. v. Hatch · 125 U.S. 1 (1888)
• Berizzi Brothers Co. v. SS Pesaro · 271 U.S. 562 (1926)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2018). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).