25 U.S.C. § 677D
Section 677d · Restriction of tribe to full-blood members after publication of final rolls; non-interest of mixed-blood members; new membership
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Hackford v. Babbitt (1994)
Most recently applied in Ute Distribution Corp. v. Secretary of the Interior of the United States (October 2009)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Effective on the date of publication of the final rolls as provided in section 677g of this title the tribe shall thereafter consist exclusively of full-blood members. Mixed-blood members shall have no interest therein except as otherwise provided in this subchapter. New membership in the tribe shall thereafter be controlled and determined by the constitution and bylaws of the tribe and ordinances enacted thereunder.
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Amendments
1956—Act Aug. 2, 1956, provided for control and determination of new membership in the tribe in accordance with the constitution and bylaws of the tribe and ordinances enacted thereunder.