Court Opinion

ID: 9427099
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:19:43.279959+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:23:02.501689
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Mr. Justice Marshall,
with whom The Chief Justice joins, dissenting.
I agree with the court below that the "power to preserve order on the reservation ... is a sine qua non of the sovereignty that the Suquamish originally possessed.” Oliphant v. Schlie, 544 F. 2d 1007, 1009 (CA9 1976). In the absence of affirmative withdrawal by treaty or statute, I am of the view that Indian tribes enjoy as a necessary aspect of their retained sovereignty the right to try and punish all persons who commit offenses against tribal law within the reservation. Accordingly, I dissent.