Dodge v. Nakai’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 11 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently October 2005 · most notably Hamilton v. Nakai (1971), Dry Creek Lodge, Inc. v. United States (1975)
26 federal appellate · 11 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 241 (Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 245 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 28 U.S.C. § 1361 · 28 U.S.C. § 1651 · 42 U.S.C. § 1982 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1985
Relies on United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. · Williams v. Lee · United States v. Kagama · Samuel Worcester v. The State of Georgia
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Several factors support the implication of such a condition into Title II. First, this interpretation would reconcile the statute with a 'strong Congressional policy to vest Navajo Tribal Government with responsibility for their own affairs.' . . . Second, this interpretation would place primary responsibility for the vindication of rights violated by Indian governmental agencies upon the tribal courts. Such responsibility may well enhance the development of an independent Indian judiciary, thus reconciling the statute with recognized federal policy. . . . Third, this interpretation would insure that this Court would intervene only in those instances in which local conflicts cannot be resolved locally. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The question arises whether an implied condition to invocation of Title II in this Court is a demonstration that plaintiffs have exhausted remedies available to them within the existing tribal government framework.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Insofar as plaintiff seeks a direct retraction of action already taken, mandamus is not a proper remedy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.