Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Oliphant_v._Suquamish_Indian_Tribe
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:area gptkb:Federal_Indian_law
Criminal jurisdiction
gptkbp:citation 435 U.S. 191
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkbp:date March 6, 1978
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkbp:docketNumber 76-5729
gptkbp:heldBy Indian tribal courts do not have inherent criminal jurisdiction to try and to punish non-Indians
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe
gptkbp:legalImpact limited tribal sovereignty
restricted tribal courts' authority over non-Indians
gptkbp:location gptkb:Port_Madison_Indian_Reservation
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Byron_White
gptkbp:petitioner gptkb:Mark_David_Oliphant
gptkbp:predecessor tribal criminal jurisdiction cases
gptkbp:relatedTo tribal sovereignty
jurisdiction over non-Indians
gptkbp:reporter gptkb:United_States_Reports
gptkbp:response gptkb:Suquamish_Indian_Tribe
gptkbp:volume 435
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_States_federal_Indian_policy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6