Indians (general): Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Indians (general),” part of the Civil Rights area.

Legal provisions most often involved

All 53 decisions, newest first

• Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe
  144 S. Ct. 1428Decided June 6, 20245–4John G. Roberts Jr.
• Arizona v. Navajo Nation
  599 U.S. 555Decided June 22, 20235–4Brett M. Kavanaugh
• Haaland v. Brackeen
  599 U.S. 255Decided June 15, 20237–2Amy Coney Barrett
• Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation
  141 S. Ct. 2434Decided June 25, 20216–3Sonia Sotomayor
• United States v. Cooley
  141 S. Ct. 1638Decided June 1, 20219–0Stephen G. Breyer
• Washington v. United States
  138 S. Ct. 1832Decided June 11, 20184–4
• Dollar General Corporation v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
  579 U.S. 545Decided June 23, 20164–4
• Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin v. United States
  577 U.S. 250Decided January 25, 20169–0Samuel A. Alito Jr.
• Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
  570 U.S. 637Decided June 25, 20135–4Samuel A. Alito Jr.
• Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter
  567 U.S. 182Decided June 18, 20125–4Sonia Sotomayor
• United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation
  564 U.S. 162Decided June 13, 20117–1Samuel A. Alito Jr.
• United States v. Tohono O'Odham Nation
  563 U.S. 307Decided April 26, 20117–1Anthony M. Kennedy
• Madison County
  562 U.S. 42Decided January 10, 20118–0Per curiam
• United States v. Navajo Nation
  556 U.S. 287Decided April 6, 20099–0Antonin Scalia
• Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle Co.
  554 U.S. 316Decided June 25, 20085–4John G. Roberts Jr.
• United States v. Billy Jo Lara
  541 U.S. 193Decided April 19, 20047–2Stephen G. Breyer
• Inyo County v. Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony
  538 U.S. 701Decided May 19, 20039–0Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• United States v. White Mountain Apache Tribe
  537 U.S. 465Decided March 4, 20035–4David H. Souter
• United States v. Navajo Nation
  537 U.S. 488Decided March 4, 20036–3Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Chickasaw Nation v. United States
  534 U.S. 84Decided November 27, 20017–2Stephen G. Breyer
• Atkinson Trading Company, Inc. v. Joe Shirley, Jr.
  532 U.S. 645Decided May 29, 20019–0William H. Rehnquist
• State of Arizona v. State of California
  531 U.S. 1Decided October 10, 20009–0
• State of Arizona v. State of California
  530 U.S. 392Decided June 19, 20006–3Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• El Paso Natural Gas Company v. Laura Neztsosie
  526 U.S. 473Decided May 3, 19999–0David H. Souter
• Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa IndiansAltered precedent
  526 U.S. 172Decided March 24, 19995–4Sandra Day O'Connor
• Duro v. Reina
  495 U.S. 676Decided May 29, 19907–2Anthony M. Kennedy
• California v. United States
  490 U.S. 920Decided June 12, 19894–4
• United States v. Dion
  476 U.S. 734Decided June 11, 19869–0Thurgood Marshall
• United States v. Mottaz
  476 U.S. 834Decided June 11, 19869–0Harry A. Blackmun
• Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Pueblo of Santa Ana
  472 U.S. 237Decided June 10, 19855–3John Paul Stevens
• Kerr-McGee Corp. v. Navajo Tribe of Indians
  471 U.S. 195Decided April 16, 19858–0Warren E. Burger
• United States v. Dann
  470 U.S. 39Decided February 20, 19859–0William J. Brennan Jr.
• Escondido Mutual Water Co. v. La Jolla Band of Mission Indians
  466 U.S. 765Decided May 15, 19849–0Byron R. White
• Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe
  455 U.S. 130Decided January 25, 19826–3Thurgood Marshall
• United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians
  448 U.S. 371Decided June 30, 19808–1Harry A. Blackmun
• Andrus v. Glover Construction Co.
  446 U.S. 608Decided May 27, 19809–0Potter Stewart
• Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez
  436 U.S. 49Decided May 15, 19787–1Thurgood Marshall
• United States v. Antelope
  430 U.S. 641Decided April 19, 19779–0Warren E. Burger
• Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kneip
  430 U.S. 584Decided April 4, 19776–3William H. Rehnquist
• Delaware Tribal Business Committee v. Weeks
  430 U.S. 73Decided February 23, 19778–1William J. Brennan Jr.
• Northern Cheyenne Tribe v. Hollowbreast
  425 U.S. 649Decided May 19, 19769–0William J. Brennan Jr.
• United States v. Mazurie
  419 U.S. 544Decided January 21, 19759–0William H. Rehnquist
• Morton v. Ruiz et Ux.
  415 U.S. 199Decided February 20, 19749–0Harry A. Blackmun
• Keeble v. United States
  412 U.S. 205Decided May 29, 19736–3William J. Brennan Jr.
• United States v. Southern Ute Tribe or Band of Indians
  402 U.S. 159Decided April 26, 19718–1William J. Brennan Jr.
• Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma v. United States
  390 U.S. 468Decided April 1, 19688–0Potter Stewart
• Poafpybitty v. Skelly Oil Co.
  390 U.S. 365Decided March 18, 19688–0Earl Warren
• Squire v. Capoeman et Ux.
  351 U.S. 1Decided April 23, 19567–1Earl Warren
• United States v. Alcea Band of Tillamooks
  341 U.S. 48Decided April 9, 19518–0Per curiam
• Hynes v. Grimes Packing Co.
  337 U.S. 86Decided May 31, 19495–4Stanley F. Reed
• Shade v. Downing
  333 U.S. 586Decided April 5, 19486–3William O. Douglas
• Confederated Bands of Ute Indians v. United States
  330 U.S. 169Decided February 17, 19476–3Hugo L. Black
• United States v. Alcea Band of Tillamooks
  329 U.S. 40Decided November 25, 19465–3Fred M. Vinson

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error