Maine v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
498 F.3d 37 · 2007
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 25 U.S.C. § 1721 (Aroostook Band of Micmacs Settlement Act) · 25 U.S.C. § 1723 · 25 U.S.C. § 1724 (Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Supplementary Claims Settlement Act of 1986) · 25 U.S.C. § 1725 · 25 U.S.C. § 1727 · 33 U.S.C. § 1251 (Alternative Water Sources Act of 2000) · 33 U.S.C. § 1342 · 33 U.S.C. § 1369
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · Christensen v. Harris County · Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez · Holsey v. Director of Classification for Division of Corrections
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Nation, within their respective Indian territories, shall have, exercise and enjoy all the rights, privileges, powers and immunities ... of a municipality of and subject to the laws of the State, provided, however, that internal tribal matters, including membership in the respective tribe or nation, the right to reside within the respective Indian territories, tribal organization, tribal government, tribal elections and the use or disposition of settlement fund income shall not be subject to regulation by the State.”
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.