State v. St. Clair’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
1 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1151 (Indian Crimes Act of 1976) · 18 U.S.C. § 1152 · 18 U.S.C. § 1162
Relies on Lone Wolf v. Ethan a Hitchcock · Choctaw Nation v. Oklahoma · South Dakota v. Bourland · United States v. Sampson · Hubred v. Control Data Corp.
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In Public Law 280, Congress granted Minnesota broad criminal and limited civil jurisdiction over all Indian country within the state, with the exception of Red Lake Reservation. Section 2(a) of the Act provided Minnesota "jurisdiction over offenses committed by or against Indians * * * and the criminal laws of [the] State * * * shall have the same force and effect within such Indian country." * * * Section 4(a) grants Minnesota jurisdiction over private civil litigation involving reservation Indians and arising out of Indian country. However, this section does not grant the state general civil regulatory authority. In order for a state law to be fully applicable to a reservation under the authority of Public Law 280, it must be a criminal law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. R.M. H. · State v. RMH
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.