Williams et Ux. v. Lee, Doing Business as Ganado Trading Post

Decided January 12, 1959. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 39 · 358 U.S. 217 (1959) · Cited 1,006 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.

• Draper v. United States · 164 U.S. 240 (1896)
• United States v. Kagama · 118 U.S. 375 (1886)
• Donnelly v. United States · 228 U.S. 243 (1913)
• Ex Parte Crow Dog · 109 U.S. 556 (1883)
• The Kansas Indians · 72 U.S. 737 (1867)
• Williams v. United States · 327 U.S. 711 (1946)
• United States v. Candelaria · 271 U.S. 432 (1926)
• New York Ex Rel. Ray v. Martin · 326 U.S. 496 (1946)

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• Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C. · 467 U.S. 138 (1984)
• 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)
• Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation · 447 U.S. 134 (1980)
• Nevada v. Hicks · 533 U.S. 353 (2001)
• 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)
• Organized Village of Kake v. Egan · 369 U.S. 60 (1962)
• Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez · 436 U.S. 49 (1978)
• Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta · 597 U.S. 629 (2022)
• Montana v. United States · 450 U.S. 544 (1981)
• Iowa Mutual Insurance v. LaPlante · 480 U.S. 9 (1987)
• 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)
• Strate v. A-1 Contractors · 520 U.S. 438 (1997)
• Ramah Navajo School Bd., Inc. v. Bureau of Revenue of NM · 458 U.S. 832 (1982)
• National Farmers Union Insurance v. Crow Tribe of Indians · 471 U.S. 845 (1985)
• Fisher v. District Court of the Sixteenth Judicial District of Montana · 424 U.S. 382 (1976)
• Duro v. Reina · 495 U.S. 676 (1990)
• 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)
• Inyo County, California v. Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony · 538 U.S. 701 (2003)
• Morton v. Mancari · 417 U.S. 535 (1974)
• Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield · 490 U.S. 30 (1989)
• Bartkus v. Illinois · 359 U.S. 121 (1959)
• United States v. Wheeler · 435 U.S. 313 (1978)
• United States v. Mazurie · 419 U.S. 544 (1975)
• Moe v. Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation · 425 U.S. 463 (1976)

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