Legal Opinion
Delaware Tribal Business Committee v. Weeks
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 23, 1977No. 75-1301PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
An Act of Congress providing for distribution of funds to certain Delaware Indians, pursuant to an award by the Indian Claims Commission to redress a breach by the United States of an 1854 treaty, is challenged in this action by a group of Delawares excluded from the distribution. The question presented by this litigation is whether their exclusion denies them equal protection of the laws in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.1
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A brief history of the migrations of the Delaware Indians will serve as a helpful backdrop to the litigation.2 The Delawares originally resided…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Morton v. MancariSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Lone Wolf v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
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3Cited by118 opinions
- Countyof Oneida v. Oneida Indian Nation of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. Sioux Nation of IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Rice v. CayetanoSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Mashpee Tribe v. New Seabury Corp., Mashpee Tribe v. New Seabury Corp., Mashpee Tribe v. New Seabury Corp., Matthew B. Connolly, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- Haaland v. BrackeenSupreme Court of the United States · 2023
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