Case links are to free legal resources.
This list of cases includes only those cases that have appeared in presentation titles or in the first few pages of the presentation handouts.
Years refer to the annual Indian Law symposia materials. Years followed by "EW" refer to Eastern Washington Indian Law Conference materials.
You can find these materials in the Gallagher Law Library:
| Case Name & Citation | Year |
|---|---|
| 29 & 100 Grand Canyon Skywalk, 923 F.Supp.2d 1186 (9th Cir. 2013). | 2013 |
| Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, 133 S. Ct. 2552 (2013). | 2013 |
| Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government, 522 U.S. 520, 118 S. Ct. 948, 140 L. Ed. 2d 30 (1998). | 2013 1998 1997 |
| Alto v. Black, 738 F.3d 1111 (9th Cir. 2013). | 2014 |
| Arizona v. San Carlos Apache, 463 U.S. 545 (1908). | 2008 |
| Attorney’s Process and Investigation Services, Inc. v. Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, 609 F.3d 927 (8th Cir. 2010). | 2010 |
| Big Lagoon Rancheria v. California, 741 F.3d 1032 (9th Cir. 2014). | 2014 |
| Bodi v. Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Case No. CIV. S-13-1044 LKK/CKD, 2014 WL 1922783 (E.D.CA May 14, 2014). | 2014 |
| Brendale v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of Yakima Indian Nation, 492 U.S. 408, 109 S. Ct. 2994, 106 L. Ed. 2d 343 (1989). | 1989 page 1 |
| Bugenig v. Hoopa Valley Tribe, 266 F.3d 1201 (2001). | 1999 |
| California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202, 107 S. Ct. 1083, 94 L. Ed. 2d 244 (1987). | 2012 1994 |
| Carcieri v. Salazar, 555 U.S. 379, 129 S.Ct. 1058 (2009). | 2011 2009 |
| Carcieri v. Norton, 290 F.Supp.2d 167 (2003). | 2004 |
| Cayuga Indian Nation of N.Y. v. Seneca Cnty., N.Y., 761 F.3d 218 (2d Cir. 2014). | 2014 |
| Chehalis v. Thurston Co., No. 10-35642, D.C. No. 3:08-cv-05562-BHS (9th Cir. 2013). | 2013 |
| Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma v. Leavitt, 125 S.Ct. 1172 (2005). | 2005 |
| Citizens Progressive Alliance v. United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, 241 F.Supp. 1342 (D. N.M. 2002). | 2006 |
| Cobell v. Babbitt, 91 F.Supp.2d 1 (D.D.C. 1999). | 2004 2000 |
| Coeur d'Alene Tribe v. Hammond, 224 F.Supp.2d 1264 (2002). | 2006 |
| Colville Confederated Tribes v. Walton, 647 F.2d 42 (9th Cir. 1981). | 2007 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation v. Thurston County Board of Equalization, 724 F.3d 1153 (9th Cir. 2013). | 2013 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon v. U.S., 248 F.3d 1365 (2001). | 2002 |
| Cotton Petroleum v. New Mexico, 490 U.S. 163, 109 S. Ct. 1698, 104 L. Ed. 2d 209 (1989). | 1989 |
| In re Custody of S.B.R., an Indian Child, 43 Wash.App. 622, 719 P.2d 154 (1986). | 2003 EW |
| DeCoteau v. District Court for the 10th Judicial District, 420 U.S. 425 (1975). | 2008 |
| Delgamuukw v. Her Majesty The Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia, [1997] 3 S.C.R. 1010. (Gitksan-Wet'suwet'en case). | 2004 1991 1989 |
| Dep't of the Interior and Bureau of Indian Affairs v. Klamath Water Users Protective Ass'n, 532 U.S. 1 (2001). | 2006 |
| Department of Ecology v. Acquavella, 100 Wn. 2d 651 (1983), 131 Wn. 2d 746 (1997). | 2008 |
| Department of Ecology v. Yakima Reservation Irrigation District, 121 Wn. 2d 257 (1993). | 2008 |
| Dolgencorp, Inc. v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, 746 F.3d 588 (5th Cir. 2014). | 2014 |
| Donovan v. Coeur D’Alene, 751 F.2d 1113 (9th Cir. 1985). | 2013 |
| Donovan v. Navajo Forest Products Industries, 692 F.2d 709 (10th Cir. 1982). | 2013 |
| Duro v. Reina, 495 U.S. 676, 110 S. Ct. 2053, 109 L. Ed. 2d 693 (1990). | 1990 |
| Case Name & Citation | Year |
|---|---|
| EEOC v. Peabody Western Coal Co. and Navajo Nation, 400 F.3d 774 (2005). | 2013 |
| Elliott v. White Mountain Apache Tribal Court, 566 F.3d 842 (9th Cir. 2009). | 2010 |
| Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872, 110 S. Ct. 1595, 108 L. Ed. 2d 876 (1990). | 1990 |
| Evans v. Shoshone-Bannock Land Use Comm., Case No. 4:12-CV-417-BLW, 2012 WL 6641194 (D. Idaho Oct. 24, 2012). | 2013 |
| First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. v. Harrison, 326 P.3d 808 (WA Div. 2 Jun. 3, 2014). | 2014 |
| FTC .v AMG Servs., No. 2:12-cv-536 (D. Nev. Apr. 7, 2014). | 2014 |
| Goodman Oil Co. v. Idaho State Tax Commission, 136 Idaho 53, 28 P.3d 996 (2001). | 2006 |
| Iowa Mutual Insurance Co. v. LaPlante, 480 U.S. 9, 107 S. Ct. 971, 94 L. Ed. 2d 10 (1987). | 1992 |
| Jicarilla Apache Nation v. United States, 2013 WL 3212410 (Fed. Cl. June 24, 2013). | 2013 |
| Kelsey v. Pope, 2014 WL 1338170 (W.D. Mich. 2014). | 2014 |
| Kennewick Public Hospital District v. Pollution Control Hearings Board (2005). | 2005 |
| Kittitas Reclamation Dist. v. Sunnyside Valley Irrigation Dist., 763 F.2d 1032 (9th Cir. 1985). | 1993 |
| Little River Band of Ottawa Indians v. National Labor Relations Board, 359 NLRB No. 84 (Mar. 18, 2013). | 2013 |
| Little River Band of Ottawa Indians v. National Labor Relations Board, Case No. 1:09-cv-141 (Sept. 20, 2010). | 2013 |
| Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla & Cupeño Indians v. Jewell, 2013 WL 4734037 (9th Cir. 2013). | 2013 |
| Lummi v. Cunningham, No. C92-1023 (W.D. Wash. unpublished decision, 1992). | 2007 |
| Mahaney v. Mahaney, 146 Wash.2d 878, 51 P.3d 776 (2002). | |
| In re marriage of Susan C. and Sam E., 114 Wash. App. 766 (2002). | 2008 |
| Mashantucket Pequot Tribe v. Town of Ledyard, 722 F.3d 457 (2d. Cir. 2013). | 2013 |
| Maxwell v. County of San Diego, Nos. 10-56671, 10-56706, 2013 WL 542756 (9th Cir. Feb. 14, 2013). | 2013 |
| Michigan v. Bay Mills, 134 S. Ct. 2024 (2014). | 2014 |
| Michigan v. Bay Mills, 695 F. 406 (6th Cir. 2012). | 2013 |
| Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians, 526 U.S. 172, 119 S. Ct. 1187, 143 L. Ed. 2d 270 (1999). | 2004 1999 |
| M.J. ex. rel. Beebe v. United States, 721 F.3d 1079 (9th Cir. 2013). | 2013 |
| Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. 544 (1981). | 2008 2003 |
| Muckleshoot Indian Tribe v. National Marine Fisheries Service and the City of Seattle, No. Co3-3775JLR, 2006 WL 2527505 (Aug. 30, 2006). | 2013 |
| Muckleshoot Indian Tribe v. Hall, 698 F.Supp 1504 (W.D. Wash. 1988). | 2007 |
| Case Name & Citation | Year |
|---|---|
| Native Village of Unalakleet v. Alaska, A95-0184 Civil, U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, Order on Motions for Summary Judgment, March 25, 1996. | 1996 |
| Nevada v. Hicks, 533 U.S. 353 (2001). | 2008 2003 |
| New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe, 462 U.S. 324 (1983). | 2009 |
| Northern Arapaho Tribe v. Harnsberger, 697 F.3d 1272 (10th Cir. 2012). | 2013 |
| Northwest SeaFarms v. Wynn, 931 F.Supp 1515 (W.D. Wash. 1996). | 2007 |
| Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Chickasaw Nation, 515 U.S. 450 (1995). | 2009 |
| Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe, 435 US 191 (1978). | 2013 |
| Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wis. v. Village of Hobart, Wis., 732 F.3d 837 (7th Cir. 2013). | 2014 |
| Outsource Servs. Mgmt., LLC v. Nooksack Bus. Corp., 333 P.3d 380, 181 Wn.2d 272 (Wash. 2014). | 2014 |
| Patchak v. Salazar, 632 F.3d 702 (C.A.D.C. 2011), cert. granted, 132 S.Ct. 845, 846 (2011). | 2011 |
| People v. Miami Nation Enter., 223 Cal.App.4th 21, 166 Cal. Rptr. 3d 800 (Cal. Ct. App. Jan. 21, 2014). | 2014 |
| Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. King Mountain Tobacco Co., Inc., 569 F.3d 932 (9th Cir. 2009). | 2010 |
| Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land and Cattle Co., Inc., 128 S.Ct. 2709 (2008). | 2010 |
| Rice v. Cayetano, 528 U.S. 495, 120 S. Ct. 1044, 145 L. Ed. 2d 1007 (2000). | 2000 |
| Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of Rincon Reservation v. Schwarzenegger, 602 F.3d 1019 (9th Civ. 2010). | 2011 |
| San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino, 341 NLRB No. 138 (2004). | 2013 2004 |
| Seminole Tribe of Fla. v. Fla. Dep’t. of Revenue, No. 13-10566 (11th Cir. May 5, 2014). | 2014 |
| Simmonds v. Parks, 329 P.3d 995 (Alaska 2014). | 2014 |
| Sparrow v. Her Majesty the Queen, [1990] S.C.R. 1075. | 1991 |
| State v. Buchanan, 138 Wash. 2d 186, 978 P.2d 1070 (1999). | 1999 |
| State of Washington v. Acquavella | 2005 1993 |
| State Bar of Ariz. v. Lang, No. 1 CA-CV 12-0629 (Ariz. Ct. App. Apr. 29, 2014). | 2014 |
| Stock West Corp. v. Taylor, 964 F.2d 912 (9th Cir. 1992). | 1994 |
| Strate v. A-1 Contracting, 520 U.S. 438, 117 S. Ct. 1404, 137 L. Ed. 2d 661 (1997). | 1998 |
| Case Name & Citation | Year |
|---|---|
| United States v. Anderson, 591 F. Supp. 1 (E.D. Wash. 1982). | 2013 |
| United States v. Clark, No. 87376-3 (Jul. 25, 2013). | 2013 |
| United States v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation, and State of Oregon v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation, Ninth Circuit No. 08-35961 (2010). | 2010 |
| United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation, 131 S.Ct. 2313 (2011). | 2011 |
| United States v. Milner, 583 F.3d 1174 (9th Cir. 2009), cert denied, Sharp v. United States, 130 S.Ct. 3273 (2010). | 2010 |
| United States v. Mitchell, 445 U.S. 535 (1980). | 2012 |
| United States v. Mitchell, 463 U.S. 206 (1983). | 2012 |
| United States v. Navajo Nation, 537 U.S. 488 (2003). | 2012 |
| United States v. Navajo Nation, 556 U.S. 287 (2009). | 2012 |
| United States v. Oregon (1969). | 2007 |
| United States v. Quiver, 241 U.S. 602 (1916). | 2012 |
| United States v. Thunder Hawk, 127 F.3d 705 (8th Cir. 1997). | 2012 |
| United States v. Tohono O’odham Nation, Docket No. 09-846. | 2010 |
| United States v. Washington, 384 F.Supp. 312 (W.D. Wash. 1974) | 2013 2007 2002 |
| United States v. Washington, 476 F.Supp. 1101 (W.D. Wash. 1979). | 2007 2002 |
| United States v. Washington, No. C70-9213 (2007). | 2007 |
| United States v. Washington, 573 F.3d 701 (9th Cir. 2009). | 2009 |
| United States v. White Mountain Apache Tribe, 537 U.S. 465 (2003). | 2012 |
| United States v. Winans, 198 U.S. 371 (1905). | 2007 |
| U.S. ex rel. Lummi Indian Nation v. Washington (W.D. Wash. 2003). | 2005 2003 EW |
| Wash. Dep't of Ecology v. EPA, 752 F.2d 1465 (9th Cir. 1985). | 2008 |
| Wash. v. Wash. Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Ass'n, 443 US 658 (1979). | 2013 |
| White v. Univ. of Cal., No. 12-17489 (9th Cir. Aug. 27, 2014). | 2014 |
| Winters v. United States, 207 U.S. 564 (1908). | 2008 2003 EW |
| Worcester v. Ga., 31 U.S. 515 (1832). | 2012 2006 |
| Wright v. Colville Tribal Enter. Corp., 159 Wash. 2d 108 (2006). | 2007 |
| Yakima Indian Nation v. Whiteside, 617 F. Supp. 735 (E.D. Wash. 1985) (Whiteside I); Yakima Indian Nation v. Whiteside, 617 F. Supp. 750 (E.D. Wash. 1985) (Whiteside II). | 1989 |