Legal Opinion
Solem v. Bartlett
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 22, 1984No. 82-1253PublishedCited by 299 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
On May 29,1908, Congress authorized the Secretary of the Interior to open 1.6 million acres of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation for homesteading. Act of May 29, 1908, ch. 218, 35 Stat. 460 et seq. (Act or Cheyenne River Act). The question presented in this case is whether that Act of Congress diminished the boundaries of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation or simply permitted non-Indians to settle within existing reservation boundaries.
I
In 1979, the State of South Dakota charged respondent John Bartlett, an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, with attempted rape.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Montana v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- DeCoteau v. District County Court for the Tenth Judicial DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Lone Wolf v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Mattz v. ArnettSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Seymour v. Superintendent of Washington State PenitentiarySupreme Court of the United States · 1962
12 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by299 opinions
- McGirt v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 2020
- State v. HoffmanWashington Supreme Court · 1991
- Dana Leigh Thompson v. County of Franklin, William A. Hughes, Treasurer of Franklin CountyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Hodel v. IrvingSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
294 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.