1986 Rehnquist Brennan White Marshall Blackmun Powell Stevens O’Connor Scalia For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against Overall percentage in favor of tribal interests 50% 3/6 66.6% 4/6 50% 3/6 66.6% 4/6 66.6% 4/6 60% 3/5 16.6% 1/6 33.3% 2/6 33.3% 2/6 1 Iowa Mutual v. Laplante, 480 U.S. 9 (1987). X X X X X X X X X 2 California v. Cabazon Band, 480 U.S. 202 (1987). X X X X X X X X X 3 Amoco Prod. Co. v. Gambell, 480 U.S. 531 (1987). X X X X X X X X X 4 United States v. Cherokee Nation, 480 U.S. 700 (1987). X X X X X X X X X 5 Hodel v. Irving, 481 U.S. 704 (1987). X X X X X X X X X 6 Lyng v. Northwest Indian CPA, 485 U.S. 439 (1988). X X X X X - - X X X 1987 Powell resigns 1988 Kennedy Begins Rehnquist Brennan White Marshall Blackmun Stevens O’Connor Scalia Kennedy For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against Overall percentage in favor of tribal interests 27.2% 3/11 72.7% 8/11 36.3% 4/11 72.7% 8/11 63.6% 7/11 9% 1/11 27.2% 3/11 27.2% 3/11 0% 0/4 7 Oklahoma Tax Comm’n v. Graham, 489 U.S. 838 (1989). X X X X X X X X X 8 Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield, 490 U.S. 30 (1989). X X X X X X X X X 9 Cotton Petroleum v. New Mexico, 490 U.S. 163 (1989). X X X X X X X X X
10 Employment Division v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1988). X X X X X X X X - 11 Duro v. Reina, 495 U.S. 676 (1990). X X X X X X X X X 1990 Brennan Resigns Souter Begins Rehnquist White Marshall Blackmun Stevens O’Connor Scalia Kennedy Souter For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against Overall percentage in favor of tribal interests 27.2% 4/13 38.4% 5/13 76.9% 10/13 69.2% 9/13 23% 3/13 30.7% 4/13 30.7 4/13 16.6% 1/6 50% 1/2 12 Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Citizen Potawatomie, 498 U.S. 505 (1991). X X X X X X X X X 13 Blatchford v. Native Village of Noatak, 501 U.S. 775 (1991). X X X X X X X X X 1991 Marshall Resigns Thomas Begins Rehnquist White Blackmun Stevens O’Connor Scalia Kennedy Souter Thomas For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against Overall percentage in favor of tribal interests 33.3 6/18 38.8% 7/18 66.6% 12/18 27.7% 5/18 33.3% 6/18 33.3% 6/18 27.2% 3/11 57.1% 4/7 40% 2/5 14 County of Yakima v. Yakima Indian Nation, 502 U.S. 251 (1992). X X X X X X X X X 15 Negonsott v. Samuels, 507 U.S. 99 (1993). X X X X X X X X X 16 Oklahoma Tax Comm’n v. Sac and Fox Nations, 508 U.S. 114 (1993). X X X X X X X X X 17 Lincoln v. Vigil, 508 U.S. 182 (1993). X X X X X X X X X 18 South Dakota v. Bourland, 508 U.S. 679 (1993). X X X X X X X X X 1993
29 Arizona Dept. of Revenue v. Blaze Construction, 526 U.S. 32 (1999). X X X X X X X X X 30 El Paso Natural Gas Co. v. Neztsosie, 526 U.S. 473 (1999). X X X X X X X X X 31 Minnesota v. Mille Lacs, 526 U.S. 172 (1999). X X X X X X X X X 32 Amoco Production v. Southern Ute, 526 U.S. 172 (1999). X X X X X X X X - 33 Rice v. Cayetano, 528 U.S. 495 (2000). X X X X X X X X X 34 Arizona v. California, 530 U.S. 392 (2000). X X X X X X X X X 35 Dept. of Interior v. Klamath Water Users Protec. Assoc., 532 U.S. 1 (2001). X X X X X X X X X 36 C&L Enterprises v. Citizen Band Potawatomi, 532 U.S. 511 (2001). X X X X X X X X X 37 Atkinson Trading v. Shirley, 532 U.S. 645 (2001). X X X X X X X X X 38 Idaho v. United States, 533 U.S. 262 (2001). X X X X X X X X X 39 Nevada v. Hicks, 533 U.S. 353 (2001). X X X X X X X X X 40 Chickasaw Nation v. United States, 534 U.S. 84 (2001). X X X X X X X X X 41 United States v. White Mountain Apache Tribe, 537 U.S. 465 (2003). X X X X X X X X X 42 United States v. Navajo Nation, 537 U.S. 488 (2003). X X X X X X X X X 43 Inyo County v. Paiute Shoshone Indians, 538 U.S. 701 (2003). X X X X X X X X X
Nation, 556 U.S. __ (2009). 2009/2010 Souter/Stevens Resign 2009/2010 Sotomayer/Kagan Begin Roberts Scalia Kennedy Thomas Ginsburg Breyer Alito Sotomayer Kagan For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against For Against Overall percentage in favor of tribal interests 0% 0/6 17.3% 9/52 17.7% 8/45 10.2% 4/39 38.2% 13/34 29% 9/31 0% 0/5 0% 0/1 __ United States v. Tohono O’odham Nation, 563 U.S. __ (2011). X X X X X X X X - -