The Oyez Project: Civil Rights Issues - Indians Decisions

Arizona v. California - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 30 Mar 1983 12:00:00 -0500

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Atkinson Trading v. Shirley - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 29 May 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Does the rule in Montana v. United States, that, with limited exceptions, Indian tribes lack civil authority over the conduct of nonmembers on non-Indian fee land within a reservation, apply to tribal attempts to tax nonmember activity occurring on non-Indian fee land?

Bryan v. Itasca County - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 14 Jun 1976 12:00:00 -0500

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C&L Enterprises v. Citizen Band Potawatomi - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Does a federally recognized tribe waives its immunity from suit in state court when it expressly agrees to arbitrate disputes relating to a contract, to the governance of state law, and to the enforcement of arbitral awards in any court with proper jurisdiction?

California v. Cabazon Band Of Mission Indians - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 25 Feb 1987 12:00:00 -0500

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Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma & Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation v. Leavitt - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Did the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDA) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to pay "contract support costs," even if the government contends funds were not available?

Chickasaw Nation v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Indian Regulatory Gaming Act exempt tribes from paying the gambling-related taxes, which State need not pay, imposed by chapter 35 of the Internal Revenue Code?

Cotton Petroleum Corp. v. New Mexico - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 25 Apr 1989 12:00:00 -0500

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County Of Yakima v. Confederated Tribes And Bands Of The Yakima Indian Nation - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 14 Jan 1992 12:00:00 -0500

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Delaware Tribal Business Comm. v. Weeks - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 23 Feb 1977 12:00:00 -0500

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Department Of Taxation And Finance Of New York v. Milhelm Attea & Bros., Inc. - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 13 Jun 1994 12:00:00 -0500

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El Paso Natural Gas Co. v. Neztsosie - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 03 May 1999 12:00:00 -0500

Do tribal courts have the authority to determine its own jurisdiction over damage actions stemming from nuclear incidents under the Price-Anderson Act, which grants federal district courts removal jurisdiction over such actions?

Hagen v. Utah - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 23 Feb 1994 12:00:00 -0500

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Idaho v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 18 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Does the National Government hold title, in trust for the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, to lands underlying portions of Lake Coeur d'Alene and the St. Joe River?

Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 24 Mar 1999 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians have usufructuary rights on land now part of the state of Minnesota?

Moe v. Salish & Kootenai Tribes - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 27 Apr 1976 12:00:00 -0500

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Montana v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 24 Mar 1981 12:00:00 -0500

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Negonsott v. Samuels, Warden - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 24 Feb 1993 12:00:00 -0500

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Nevada v. Hicks - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 25 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

May a tribal court assert jurisdiction over civil claims against state officials who entered tribal land to execute a search warrant against a tribe member suspected of having violated state law outside the reservation?

Northern Cheyenne Tribe v. Hollowbreast - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 19 May 1976 12:00:00 -0500

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Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Potawatomi Tribe - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 26 Feb 1991 12:00:00 -0500

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Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Chickasaw Nation - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 14 Jun 1995 12:00:00 -0500

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Puyallup Tribe v. Washington Game Dept. - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 23 Jun 1977 12:00:00 -0500

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Rice v. Cayetano - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Hawaiian Constitutional provision, which limits the right to for the trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to qualified "Hawaiians," violate the Fifteenth Amendment by creating a race-based voting qualification?

Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kneip - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 04 Apr 1977 12:00:00 -0500

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Sherrill, N.Y. v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Were land parcels once owned by the Oneida Nation, sold in 1807 but repurchased in the 1990s by the Nation's descedant tribe, part of an Indian Reservation and thus exempt from local taxes?

Solem v. Bartlett - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 22 Feb 1984 12:00:00 -0500

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United States v. Antelope - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 19 Apr 1977 12:00:00 -0500

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United States v. John - Opinion Announcement

Fri, 23 Jun 1978 12:00:00 -0500

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United States v. Lara - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 19 Apr 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Indian Civil Rights Act (1968) give Indian tribes separate sovereignty to prosecute nonmembers (as opposed to delegating federal power to the tribes for prosecution purposes) such that prosecution in tribal and federal courts for the same crime would not violate the Fifth Amendment double jeopardy clause?

United States v. Navajo Nation - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 04 Mar 2003 12:00:00 -0500

Can the U.S. be held liable for a breach of trust with an Indian Tribe in connection with the negotiation of a mining lease, even when the U.S. has violated no specific statutory or regulatory duty established in the Indian Mineral Leasing Act of 1938?

United States v. White Mt. Apache Tribe - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 04 Mar 2003 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Court of Federal Claims, under the Indian Tucker Act, have jurisdiction over the White Mountain Apache Tribe's suit against the United States for breach of fiduciary duty to manage land and improvements held in trust for the Tribe but occupied by the federal government?

Wagnon v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 06 Dec 2005 12:00:00 -0500

When a State taxes receipt of fuel by non-tribal, off-reservation distributors, manufacturers, and importers, should the White Mountain Apache v. Bracker interest-balancing test apply if the fuel is later sold by an Indian tribe?