Tewa Tesuque v. Morton’s Empirical Analysis
498 F.2d 240 · 1974
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 9 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently January 2017 · most notably Wichita and Affiliated Tribes of Oklahoma v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary, Department of Interior Wichita and Affiliated Tribes of Oklahoma v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary, Department of Interior Appeal of Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma (1986), Fletcher v. United States (1997)
19 federal appellate · 9 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
Relies on Rockbridge v. Lincoln · Davis v. Morton · McQueary v. Laird · Prairie Band of Pottawatomie Tribe of Indians v. Puckkee · Motah v. United States
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“very critical in light of our well-established policy-rule that courts will not interfere with the internal workings of Indian tribes. Motah v. United States, 402 F.2d 1 (10th Cir. 1968); Prairie Band of Pottawatomie Tribe of Indians v. Puck kee, 321 F.2d 767 (10th Cir. 1963). An internal dispute such as this should be decided by the tribal council of the Pueblo and not by the courts. 498 F.2d at 243 ; accord, Yazzie v. Morton, 59 F.R.D. 377, 385 (D.Ariz.1973).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“As lessor of the lease agreement entered into with Sangre (the developer), the Pueblo will certainly be affected if the lease is cancelled. Therefore, it is an indispensable party. 498 F.2d at 242 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“to what extent a judgment rendered in the person's absence might be prejudicial to him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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