Bittle v. Bahe’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1151 (Indian Crimes Act of 1976) · 18 U.S.C. § 1154 · 18 U.S.C. § 1156 · 18 U.S.C. § 1161
Relies on Michigan v. Long · Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez · Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Citizen Band Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Oklahoma · Puyallup Tribe, Inc. v. Department of Game of Washington · Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“not violate any of the laws of the United States, the State of Oklahoma, or applicable municipal ordinances, 32 there was no waiver of sovereign immunity by the Peoria Tribe when it applied for and received a state liquor license. Applying for and accepting a state liquor license "is nothing more than a promise to comply with state liquor laws, not a voluntary waiver of sovereign immunity for private party lawsuits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“convey[ed] a promise not to discriminate, but ... in no way constitute[d] an express and unequivocal waiver of sovereign immunity and consent to be sued in federal court”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“As a matter of federal law, an Indian tribe is subject to suit only where Congress has authorized the suit or the tribe has waived its immunity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.